Publications

Rathburn, S.L., Meyer, A.J, Ferrantelli, C., Wilcox, A.C., Cadol, D.D., Kreiner, D.C., Birdsall, T.R., 2006, Introductory Geology Laboratory Manual for CSU Students, Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA, 155 p.

Warnock, A.C., Rathburn, S.L., Thompson, S., 2004. Geology of Lory State Park, Colorado, Rocky Mountain Nature Association, 16 p.

Rathburn, S.L., 2004. Review of 'Roughness Characteristics of New Zealand Rivers' by Hicks, D.M., and Mason, P.D., Journal of Hydraulics Division, American Society of Civil Engineers 130:6:593-594
http://scitation.aip.org/getpdf/servlet/GetPDFServlet?filetype=pdf&id=JHEND8000130000006000593000001&idtype=cvips

Rathburn, S.L., and Wohl, E.E., 2003. Predicting fine sediment dynamics along a pool-riffle mountain channel, Geomorphology 55:111-124.

Rathburn, S.L., and Wohl, E.E., 2003. Sedimentation hazards downstream from reservoirs, In Dam Removal Research, Status and Prospects, Graf, W.L. (Ed), p.105-118.

Wohl, E.E., and Rathburn, S.L., 2003. Mitigation of sediment hazards downstream from reservoirs, International Journal of Sediment Research 18:2:97-106.

Rathburn, S.L., and Wohl, E.E., 2001. One-dimensional sediment transport modeling of pool recovery along a mountain channel after a reservoir sediment release, Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 17:251-273.

Rathburn, S.L., 2001. Modeling pool sediment dynamics in a mountain river, unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. of Earth Resources, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, 205 p.

Cerling, T.E., R.J. Poreda, and S.L. Rathburn, 1994. Cosmogenic 3He and 21Ne age of the Big Lost River flood, Snake River Plain, Idaho, Geology 22:227-230.

Rathburn, S.L., 1993. Pleistocene cataclysmic flooding along the Big Lost River, east central Idaho, Geomorphology 8:305-319.

Webb, R.H., and Rathburn, S.L., 1989. Paleoflood hydrologic research in the southwestern United States, Transportation Research Record 1201:9-21.

Meeting Abstracts
(asterisks indicate student co-author)

Rathburn, S.L., Merritt, D.M., Wohl, E.E., Knight, H.A., Sanderson, J., Streamflow and Sediment Management for Maintenance of River Ecosystems: North Fork Cache la Poudre River, Colorado, GSA Abstracts with Program, GSA Annual meeting, Denver, CO (oral).

Warnock, A., Viney, M., Rathburn, S., Sanford, W., and Swartz, D., On the Design of a Classroom and Field-based Professional Development Course for Key Surface and Groundwater Concepts, GSA Abstracts with Programs, GSA Annual meeting, Denver, CO (poster)

Rathburn, S.L., Warnock, A.C., Sanford, W.E., and Harry, D.L., 2006. The Colorado State University GetWET Observatory: a fluid learning environment promoting deeper understanding, GSA Abstracts with Program, GSA Annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA (poster). http://www.csmate.colostate.edu/getwet/media/GSA_GetWETposter.ppt (14.5 MB PowerPoint file)

*Spence, C., and Rathburn, S.L., 2006. Site characerization of the GetWET Observatory at CSU, Research Experience for Undergraduates - Program in Water Research at Colorado State University Symposium, Ft. Collins, CO, July 25 (poster).

*Cadol, D.D., and Rathburn, S.L., 2006. Aerial photographic analysis of riparian vegetataion growth and channel change at Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, 1935-2004. American Geophysical Union Hydrology Days, Ft. Collins, CO (poster).

*Cadol, D.D, and Rathburn, S.L., 2005, Aerial photographic interpretation of channel changes in Canyon de Chelly National Monument: Preliminary results, AGU Abstracts with Program, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (poster)

Rathburn, S.L., and Wohl, E.E., 2005, Fine-grained sediment dynamics downstream from a dam, EWRI/ASCE meeting, July 2005, Williamsburg, VA

Rathburn, S.L., Finley, J.B., Klein, S.M., and *Whitman, B.R., 2005. Assessing reservoir sedimentation using bathymetric comparison and sedimetn loading measurements, American Geophysical Union Hydrology Days, Ft. Collins, CO (oral)

Rathburn, S.L., Finley, J.B., Klein, S.M., and *Whitman, B.R., 2004. Assessing reservoir sedimentation using bathymetric comparison and sediment loading measurements, GSA Abstracts with Program, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (oral)

Rathburn, S.L., Finley, J.B., Klein, S.M., and Smith, S.R., 2002. A sediment budget for a semi-arid reservoir, AGU Abstracts with Program, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (oral)

*Fedel, R.P., *Haines, C.M., *Ksiazkiewicz, N.S., *MacKnight, K.J, *Schrader, J.X.,* Weidenkeller, R.J., and Rathburn, S.L., 2002, Drought in Colorado - A CSU First Year Seminar Project, Drought Conference, Ft. Collins, CO (student poster)

Rathburn, S.L., and Wohl, E.E., 2002. Sedimentation hazards downstream from reservoirs, Invited speakers to Dam Removal Research Workshop, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, Arlie Conference Center, Warrenton, VA (oral).

Rathburn, S.L., and Wohl, E.E., 2001. Pool sedimentation and recovery in a Colorado mountain channel: A glimpse at the downstream effects of dam removal, NABS Abstracts with Programs, North American Benthological Society Annual Meeting, La Crosse, WI (oral)

Rathburn, S.L., and Wohl, E.E., 2000. One-and two-dimensional modeling of post-reservoir release sedimentation, AGU Abstracts with Programs, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (oral).

Rathburn, S.L., and Wohl, E.E., 1998. Assessing channel recovery in a mountain channel after a reservoir sediment release using one-dimensional sediment transport models, GSA Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of American Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario (oral)

Research Projects
(asterisks indicate student researcher)

Rathburn, S.L., and *Dante, P., Habitat modeling for instream flow characterization, USFS

Rathburn, S.L., Sediment transport and deposition within the Colorado River, Rocky Mountain National Park

Rathburn, S.L., A multi-year sediment budget for Halligan Reservoir, Larimer County, City of Fort Collins

Rathburn, S.L., and Nichols, K., Landscape denudation in semi-arid basins within the Colorado Front Range using 10Be and 26Al

Geoscience Education Projects

Rathburn, S.L., Effective Assessment of GCC120 Student Learning within the Affective Domain, The Institute for Learning and Teaching, Colorado State Univeristy, Course Redesign Grant 2007

Rathburn, S.L, and MacDonald, L., Upgrade and modernize the surface water monitoring station at the GetWET Observatory, Warner College of Natural Resources Teaching, Research and Outreach Grant 2007

Rathburn, S.L., Harry, D.L., Sanford, W.E., and Warnock, A.C., GetWET Observatory: Implementing a fluid learning experience for undegraduates, NSF funding 2006-2008 http://www.csmate.colostate.edu/getwet/

Ramirez, J., Wohl, E., and Rathburn, S., Research Experience for Undergraduates - Program in Water Research at Colorado State University, NSF funding 2006-2008