Integrating smartrock and seismic monitoring to investigate bedload transport dynamics during rapid increase of stages in ephemeral streams

Hamawi, Matanya; Johnson, Joel P. L.; Bilek, Susan L.; Turowski, Jens M.; Laronne, Jonathan B.

doi:10.5194/esurf-14-821-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-821-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-821-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 5

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08 Oct 2026

Research article |

| 08 Oct 2026

Integrating smartrock and seismic monitoring to investigate bedload transport dynamics during rapid increase of stages in ephemeral streams

Matanya Hamawi, Joel P. L. Johnson, Susan L. Bilek, Jens M. Turowski, and Jonathan B. Laronne

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