Brian
D. Collins
Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus
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Education I
have Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in geoscience from the University of
Washington and a B.A. in biology from Oberlin College. Teaching From 2012 through 2021,
when I retired from the UW, I taught classes on rivers
(Fluvial Geomorphology, ESS 426/526; Applied Fluvial
Geomorphology, ESS 541), writing (Technical Communication in
Applied Geosciences, ESS 518),
and environmental history (Changing Rivers of Puget Sound,
ESS/AIS/ENVIR 310) and advised students in the applied
geoscience M.S. degree program. Research I
use geomorphology along with environmental history, ecology, and
hydrology to study the interacting physical, biotic, and human
elements of rivers and their landscapes and how they change
through time. Much of my research
has application to fisheries, forestry, river and
watershed management, environmental restoration, or hazards. Current projects: (a) with
colleagues in the UW's engineering school, I'm studying sediment
production, routing, and channel response with the goal of
improving flood modeling capabilities; (b) with colleagues in
geoscience, anthropology, and archaeology I am investigating how
traditional and modern land uses have affected soil erosion,
sediment storage, and river channels in SW Sichuan, and, in
northern Sichuan, the interaction between Holocene loess
deposition, landsliding, and human settlement; (c) with emphasis on the Puget Sound
region, I use archival sources to
reconstruct historical hydrology, channel geomorphology, and
riverine habitats with application to ecosystem and river
restoration. Recent peer-reviewed
publications (*student or post-doc author) Schmidt, A.H., Collins, B.D., Keen-Zebert, A., d'Alpoim Guedes, J., Hein, A., *Womack, A., *McGuire, C., Feathers, J., Persico, L., *Fiallo, D., Tang, Y., Simonson, B. 2022. Implications of the loess record for Holocene climate and human settlement in Heye Catchment, Jiuzhaigou, eastern Tibetan Plateau, Sichuan, China. Quaternary Research. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2022.44. (PDF) Harrell, S, Schmidt, A.H., Collins, B.D., Hagmann, R.K., Hinckley, T.M. (in press). Sunny slopes are good for grain; shady slopes are good for trees: Nuosu Yi agroforestry and environmental change in the Cool Mountains of southwestern Sichuan. In: Miller, I.M., Davis, B.C., Lee, J.S. (eds.) The Cultivated Forest: People and Woodlands in Asian History. *Ahrendt,
S., Horner-Devine, A.R., Collins, B.D., Morgan, J.A.,
Istanbulluoglu, E. 2022. Channel conveyance capacity variability
can influence flood risk as much as streamflow variability in
western Washington State. Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR031890.
(PDF) *Scott, D.N., Collins, B.D. 2021. Frequent mass movements from glacial and lahar terraces, controlled by both hillslope characteristics and fluvial erosion, are an important sediment source to Puget Sound rivers. Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR028389. (PDF) Collins, B.D., *Dickerson-Lange,
S.E., *Schanz, S., *Harrington, S. 2019.
Differentiating the effects of logging, river engineering, and
hydropower dams on flooding in the Skokomish River, Washington.
Geomorphology 332:138-156 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.01.021.
(PDF). *Schanz, S.A., Montgomery, D.R., Collins, B.D. 2019.
Anthropogenic strath terrace formation caused by reduced
sediment retention. Proceedings of the American Academy of
Sciences (PNAS) https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1814627116.
(PDF) Collins, B.D., Dunne, T. 2019. Thirty years of tephra
erosion following the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Earth
Surface Processes and Landforms https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4707.
(PDF) *Pfeiffer, A., Collins, B.D., Anderson, S.W., Montgomery,
D.R., Istanbulluoglu, E. 2019. River bed elevation variability
reflects sediment supply, rather than peak flows, in the uplands
of Washington State. Water Resources Research https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR025394.
(PDF) *Schanz S.A, Montgomery D.R., Collins
B.D., Duvall, A.R. 2018. Multiple paths to straths: a review and
re-assessment of terrace genesis. Geomorphology
312:12-23 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.03.028.
(PDF) Collins, B.D., Montgomery, D.R., *Schanz, S.A., *Larsen,
I.J. 2016. Rates and mechanisms of bedrock incision and strath
terrace formation in a forested catchment, Cascade Range,
Washington. Geological Society of America Bulletin 128: 926-943 https://doi.org/10.1130/B31340.1.
(PDF) Selected older peer-reviewed publications Collins, B.D., Montgomery, D.R., Fetherston, K.L., Abbe,
T.B. 2012. The floodplain large-wood cycle hypothesis: a
mechanism for the physical and biotic structuring of temperate
forested alluvial valleys in the North Pacific coastal
ecoregion. Geomorphology 139-140: 460-470 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.11.011.
(PDF) Collins,
B.D., Montgomery, D.R. 2011. The legacy of Pleistocene
glaciation and the organization of lowland alluvial process
domains in the Puget Sound region. Geomorphology 126:
174-185 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.11.002.
(PDF) Stock, J.D., Montgomery, D.R., Collins, B.D., Dietrich,
W.E., Sklar, L. 2005. Field measurement of incision rates
following bedrock exposure: Implications for process controls on
the long-profiles of valleys cut by rivers and debris flows. Geological
Society of America Bulletin 117: 174-194 https://doi.org/10.1130/B25560.1.
(PDF) Collins, B.D., Montgomery, D.R., Sheikh, A.J. 2003.
Reconstructing the historical riverine landscape of the Puget
Lowland. Pp. 79-128 in: Montgomery, D.R., Bolton, S.M., Booth,
D.B., Wall, L., eds., Restoration
of Puget Sound Rivers, University of Washington
Press, Seattle, WA. (PDF) Montgomery, D.R., Collins,
B.D., Buffington, J.M., Abbe, T.B. 2003. GeomorÂphic effects
of wood in rivers. Pp. 21-48 in: Gregory, S.V., Boyer, K.L.,
Gurnell, A.M., eds. The
Ecology and Management of Wood in World Rivers. American
Fisheries Society Symposium 37, American Fisheries
Society, Bethesda, MD. (PDF) Collins, B.D., Montgomery, D.R. 2002. Forest development,
wood jams and restoraÂtion of floodplain rivers in the Puget
Lowland. Restoration Ecology
10: 237-247 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1526-100X.2002.01023.x.
(PDF) Collins, B.D., Montgomery, D.R., Haas A.D. 2002.
Historical changes in the distribuÂtion and functions of large
wood in Puget Lowland rivers. Canadian Journal of
Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 59: 66-76 https://doi.org/10.1139/f01-199.
(PDF) Collins
B.D., Montgomery, D.R. 2001. Importance of archival and
process studies to characÂterizing pre-settlement riverine
geomorphic processes and habitat in the Puget LowÂland. In:
Dorava, J.M., Palcsak, B., Fitzpatrick, F., Montgomery, D.R.,
eds. Geomorphic Processes and
Riverine Habitat.
American GeoÂphysical UnÂion, Wash., D. C., p.
227-243. https://doi.org/10.1029/WS004p0227. Beechie. T., Collins, B.D., Pess, G. 2001. Holocene and
recent changes to fish habitats in two Puget Sound basins. In:
Dorava, J.M., Palcsak, B., Fitzpatrick, F., Montgomery, D.R.,
eds. Geomorphic Processes and Riverine Habitat. American
GeoÂphysical UnÂion, Wash., D. C., 37-54. https://doi.org/10.1029/WS004p0037
(PDF). Collins, B.D., Pess, G.R. 1997. Evaluation of forest
practices prescriptions from WashingÂton’s waÂtershed analysis
program. Journal of the American
Water Resources Association 33: 969-996. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.1997.tb04118.x. Collins,
B.D., Pess, G.R. 1997. Critique of Washington’s watershed
analysis program. JourÂnal of the American
Water Resources Association
33: 997-1010. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.1997.tb04119.x. Collins,
B.D., Dunne, T. 1989. Gravel transport, gravel harvestÂing,
and channel-bed degraÂdaÂtion in rivers drainÂing the southern
Olympic Mountains, Washington. Environmental GeÂolÂogy
and Water Sciences 13: 213-224. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01665371 (PDF). Collins,
B.D., Dunne, T. 1988. Effects of forest land management on
erosion and revegetaÂtion folÂlowing the 1980 eruption of
Mount St. Helens. Earth
Surface
Processes and LandÂforms 13: 193-205. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3290130302
(PDF). Collins, B.D., Dunne, T. 1986. Erosion of tephra from the 1980 erupÂtion of Mount St. HelÂens. GeoÂlogical SoÂciety of America BulÂletin 97: 896-905. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1986)97<896:EOTFTE>2.0.CO;2 (PDF). Collins,
B.D., Dunne, T., Lehre, A.K. 1983. EroÂsion of tephra-covÂered
hillslopes north of Mount St. Helens, Washington, May 1980-May
1981. Zeitschrift fur GeomorÂphologie 46:
103-121. Lehre,
A.K., Collins, B.D., Dunne, T. 1983. Post-erupÂtion sediment
budÂget for the North Fork Toutle River drainage, June
1980-June 1981, Zeitschrift
fur
Geomorpholgie 46: 143-163.
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