Last update Jan, 2023
Papers in Progress
Journal Papers
Publications in Chinese-Language Refereed Journals
Book Chapters
Conference Papers
Conference Presentations (as the presenter)
Papers in Progress
- Ma, H. B., Parker, G., Pelosi, A., Schumer, R. and Fu, X. D. Age-specific probabilistic Exner framework for the advection and dispersion of river particle tracers. (in revision)
Journal Papers
- Dong, T., Nittrouer, J., Carlson, B, McElroy, B., Il'icheva, E., Pavlov, M., Ma, H.B. Impacts of tectonic subsidence on basin depth and delta lobe building. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 2023. (Accepted)
- Ma, H. B., Nittrouer, J., Fu, X. D., Parker, G., Zhang, Y. F., Wang Y, Wang, Y. J., Lamb, M., Cisneros, J., Best, J., Parsons, D. and Wu B. S. Amplification of downstream flood stage due to damming of fine-grained rivers. Nature Communications, 13, 2022, 3054. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30730-9. link
- Song, Y., et al. including Ma, H.B., What controls the magnitude and the shape of landslide dam-breaching flood hydrograph? Case studies of emergent forecasts for outburst floods of Jiala and Beige barrier lakes. Frontiers in Water, 4, 2022, 834132. DOI: 10.3389/frwa.2022.834132. link
- Li, H.-Y., Tan, Z., Ma, H.B., Zhu, Z., Abeshu, G., Zhu, S., Cohen, S., Zhou, T., Xu, D., and Leung, L.-Y. R. A new large-scale suspended sediment model and its application over the United States. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26, 2022, 665–688. DOI:10.5194/hess-26-665-2022. link
- Xu, R., Borthwick, A.G.L., Ma, H.B., Xu, B. Godunov-type Large Time Step scheme for the Shallow Water Equations with the Bed Slope Source Term. Computer & Fluids, 2021, 105222. DOI:10.1016/j.compfluid.2021.105222. link
- Carlson, B.N., Nittrouer, J.A., Swanson, T.E., Moodie, A.J., Dong, T.Y., Ma, H.B., Kineke, G.C., Pan, M.L., Wang, H.J., Impacts of Engineered Diversions and Natural Avulsions on Delta-Lobe Stability. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, 2021, e2021GL092438. DOI: 10.1029/2021GL092438. link
- Shaw, J.B., Mason, K.G., Ma, H.B., McCain III, G.W. Influences on Discharge Partitioning on a Large River Delta: Case Study of the Mississippi‐Atchafalaya Diversion, 1926‐1950. Water Resources Research, 2021, e2020WR028090. DOI: 10.1029/2020WR028090. link
- An, C., Gong, Z., Naito, K., Parker, G., Hassan, M., Ma, H.B., Fu, X. Grain Size-Specific Engelund-Hansen Type Relation for Bed Material Load in Sand-bed Rivers, with Application to the Mississippi River. Water Resources Research, 56, 2020, e2020WR027517. DOI: 10.1029/2020WR027517. link
- Dong, T. et al. including Ma, H.B. Predicting water and sediment partitioning in a delta channel network under varying discharge conditions. Water Resources Research, 56, e2020WR027199, 2020. link
- Moodie, A., Nittrouer, J, Ma, H.B., Carlson, B., Wang, Y.J., Lamb, M., Parker, G. Suspended-sediment induced stratification inferred from concentration and velocity profile measurements in the lower Yellow River, China. Water Resources Research, 56, e2020WR027192, 2020. link
- Best, J. et al. including Ma, H. B. COMMENT: Why do large, deep rivers have low-angle dune beds? Geology, 2020, 48(8), e505-e505. link
- Wu, C., Nittrouer, J., Swanson, T., Ma, H. B., Barefoot, E., Best, J., Allison, M. Dune-scale cross-strata across the fluvial-deltaic backwater regime: preservation potential of an autogenic stratigraphic signature. Geology, 48, 2020. link
- Carlson, B., Nittrouer, J., Moodie, A. , Kineke, G., Kumpf, L., Ma, H.B., Parsons, D. Infilling abandoned deltaic channels through tidal sedimentation: a case study from the Huanghe (Yellow River) delta, China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 2020. link
- Cisneros, J. et al. including Ma, H.B. Dunes in the world’s big rivers are characterized by low-angle lee-side slopes and a complex shape. Nature Geoscience, 13, 156–162, 2020. link
- Ma, H. B., Nittrouer, J., Wu B. S., Lamb, M., Zhang, Y. F., Mohrig, D., Wang Y. J., Fu, X. D., Moodie, A., Naito, K., Wang, G., Hu, C., and Parker, G. Universal relation with regime transition for sediment transport in fine-grained rivers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 2019, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1911225116. link
- Moodie, A. J., Nittrouer, J. A., Ma, H.B., Carlson, B. N. and Parker, G. Modeling deltaic lobe-building cycles and avulsions of the Yellow River delta, China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 124, 2019. link
- An, C., Moodie, A., Ma, H. B., Fu, X., Zhang, Y., Naito, K., Parker, G. Morphodynamic model of Lower Yellow River: flux or entrainment form for sediment mass conservation? Earth Surface Dynamics, 2018, 6, 989-1010. link
- Naito, K., Ma, H. B., Nittrouer, J. A., Zhang, Y., Wu, B., Wang, Y., Fu, X., Parker, G. Extended Engelund-Hansen type sediment transport relation for mixtures based on the sand-silt-bed lower yellow river, China. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 2018. link
- Dong, T., Nittrouer, J. A., Czapiga, M. J., Ma, H. B., McElroy, B., Il'icheva, E., Pavlov, M., Chalov, S., Parker, G. Roles of bank material in setting bankfull hydraulic geometry as informed by the Selenga River delta, Russia. Water Resources Research, 55, 827– 846, 2018. link
- Ma, H. B., Nittrouer, J., Naito, K., Fu, X. D., Zhang, Y. F., Moodie, A., Wang Y. J., Wu B. S., and Parker, G. The exceptional sediment load of fine-grained dispersal systems: example of the Yellow River, China. Science Advances, 2017, 3: e1603114. link
- Dong, T., Nittrouer, J., Il'icheva, E., Pavlov M., McElroy, B., Czapiga, M., Ma, H. B., Parker, G. Controls on gravel termination in seven distributary channels of the Selenga River delta, Baikal Rift basin, Russia. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2016, 128(7):B31427. link
- Ma, H. B., Heyman, J., Fu, X. D., Mettra, F., Ancey, C. and Parker, G. Bedload transport over a broad range of time scales: determination of three regimes of fluctuations. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 2014, 119(12): 2653-2673. (Nominated as Editor’s Highlight) link
- Pelosi, A., Parker, G., Schumer, R. and Ma, H. B. Exner Based Master Equation for transport and dispersion of river pebble tracers: derivation, asymptotic forms, and quantification of nonlocal vertical dispersion. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 2014, 119(9):1818–1832. link
- Heyman, J., Ma, H. B., Mettra, F., and Ancey, C. Spatial correlations in bed load transport: Evidence, importance, and modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 2014, 119(8): 1751-1767. link
- Ma, H. B., Fu X. D. A stochastic formulation for particle kinetics in wall-bounded two-phase flow. Science China-Technological Sciences, 2014, 57(10):2001-2011. link
- Heyman, J., Mettra, F., Ma, H. B. and Ancey, C. Statistics of bedload transport over steep slopes: Separation of time scales and collective motion, Geophysical Research Letters, 2012, 40(1):128-133. link
- Ma, H. B., Fu, X. D. Real time prediction approach for floods caused by failure of natural dams due to overtopping. Advances in Water Resources, 2011, 35:10-19. link
- Fu, X. D., Sun, Q. C., Wang, G. Q., and Ma, H. B. Kinetic modeling of dilute solid-liquid two-phase flows with inelastic collisions. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2009, 54(23): 4358-43 link
Publications in Chinese-Language Refereed Journals
- Ma, H. B., Mettra, F., Heyman, F., Ancey, C., and Fu, X. D., Stochastic theory and its application for bedload transport. Journal of Sichuan University (Engineering Science Edition), 2013, 45(2):18-21. (Recommended paper of Symposium of bed load transport theory, in Chinese but with English abstract) link
- An, C. G., Fu X. D., Ma H. B., Applicability of simulation models for dam-break flood due to overtopping. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering of China, 2012, 43(S2):149-154. (in Chinese but with English abstract) link
- Fu, X. D., Liu, F., Ma, H. B., and Wang, G. Q. Physically based simulation of breaching process of the Tangjiashan Quake Lake. Journal of Tsinghua University (Science and Technology), 2010.50(12):1910-1914.(in Chinese but with English abstract) link
- Ma, H. B., Fu, X. D., Liu, F., Li, X., and Wang, G. Q. Quantifying flood control capacity of Beichuan City after the Wenchuan Earthquake, China. Journal of Sichuan University (Engineering Science Edition), 2010, 42(05): 209-216. (in Chinese but with English abstract) link
- Wang H., Fu, X., Sun Q., MA, H. B., Gao, J. Method improvement of the parallel computing for the large-scale basin hydrology. Journal of basic science and engineering, 2010, 17, 1-9. (in Chinese but with English abstract) link
Book Chapters
- Fu, X. D., Ma, H. B., Liu, F. Simulation of barrier dam break flood and determination method of potential risk area. Cui, P. et al. edit. “Formation mechanism and risk control of secondary disaster after earthquake”, 2011. (in Chinese) link
Conference Papers
- Fu X. D., Ma H. B. and An, C. G., Disposal of the Tangjiashan Quake Lake, China. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Advanced Technology for River Management, Seoul, Korea, Nov, 2013. (Invited) link
- Liu, X. F., Liu, D. T., Ma, H. B., Nayamatullah, M. M. M., and Fu, X. D. Near-wall treatment for suspended sediment in boundary-layer resolving numerical models. 35th IAHR World Congress, Chengdu, China, Sep. 2013. link
- Ma, H. B., Liu, F., and Fu, X.D. A new conservative form of the 1D Saint Venant Equations and its numerical solutions. 34th IAHR World Congress, Brisbane, Australia, Jun 2011. link
- Ma, H. B., Fu, X. D., Liu, F., Wang, G. Q., and Yao, C. C. Real time prediction method of earthen and rockfill dam failure flood: Case study of Tangjiashan Quake Lake triggered by Wenchuan Earthquake, China. 11th International Symposium on River Sedimentation (ISRS), Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2010. link
- Wang, Y. J., Fu, X. D., Ma, H. B., Wu, B. S., and Wang, G.Q. Evidence and formulation of delayed response process of bankfull discharge for the Yellow River, China. 11th International Symposium on River Sedimentation (ISRS), Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2010. link
- Fu, X. D., Ma, H. B., Liu, F. and Wang, G. Q. Simulation of dam breach development: Case study of Tangjiashan Quake Lake triggered by Wenchuan Earthquake, China. 33rd IAHR World Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 2009. link
Conference Presentations (as the presenter)
- Ma, H.B., Shaw, J., Dong, T., Czapiga, M., Cathcart, C. Progradation and termination of subaerial river-dominated delta networks. AGU fall meeting, 2020. (Webinar)
- Ma, H.B., Parker, G., Nittrouer, J., McElroy, B., Wang, Y., Chen, X., Fu, X. Controls of boundary conditions on accelerating turbidity currents in a reservoir: Case study of Xiaolangdi Reservoir on the Yellow River, China. EGU General Assembly Meeting, 2020. (Webinar)
- Ma, H.B., Nittrouer, J., McElroy, B., Wang, Y., Chen, X., Fu, X., Parker, G. Observations of self-accelerating turbidity currents in the Xiaolangdi reservoir, Yellow River, China. AGU fall meeting, Washington D.C., USA, 2019.
- Ma, H.B., Nittrouer, J., McElroy, B., Wang, Y., Moodie, A., Chen, X., Fu, X., Wu, B., Parker, G. Turbidity currents in Xiaolangdi reservoir, Yellow River, China: dynamics and geomorphic expression. AGU fall meeting, Washington D.C., USA, 2018. (Oral)
- Ma, H. B., Nittrouer, J., Zhang, Y., Fu, X., Wang, Y., Moodie, A., Wang, Y., Wu, B., Parker, G. Change in downstream bedform type, bed material sediment transport regime and flood potential in response to sediment blockage by a dam: can bed degradation increase flooding risk? AGU fall meeting, Washington D.C., USA, 2018. (Invited speaker)
- Ma, H. B., Nittrouer, J, Wu, B., Zhang, Y, Mohrig, D., Lamb, M., Wang, Y., Fu, X., Moodie, A., Naito, A., Parker, G. Phase transition behavior of sediment transport at the sand-mud interface, across scales from flumes to the large rivers. AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, USA, 2017. (Oral)
- Ma, H. B., Nittrouer, J., Naito, K., Parker, G. A New Model to Predict the Total Suspended Sediment Load from a River to the Ocean Based on an End Member Example from the Lowermost Huanghe (Yellow River), China. AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2016. (Oral)
- Ma, H. B., Nittrouer, J., Naito, K., Parker, G. The exceptional sediment load of a fine-grain meandering river and relation to bedform geometry: an appealing example from the lower Yellow River, China. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, USA, 2016. (Invited speaker)
- Ma, H.B., Nittrouer, J., Moodie, A. Carlson, B. and Parker, G. Role of river bends for the formation and evolution of channel bedforms: Combined field studies and numerical modeling from the tidally influenced zones of the Yellow River, China, and Mississippi River, USA. AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2015.
- Ma, H. B., Nittrouer, J., Naito, K., Fu, X. D., Zhang, Y. F., Wang Y. J. and Parker, G. Sediment Transport in the Lower Huanghe (Yellow River), China: Assessing the Physical Conditions that Produce Hyperpycnal Flow Events. GSA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, USA, 2015.
- Ma, H. B., Fu, X. D., and Ancey, C. Bedload transport flux fluctuations over a wide range of time scales. AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, USA, 2014.
- Fu, X. D., Ma, H. B., Heyman, J., Mettra, F., and Ancey, C. Approximate solution of the probability density function of bedload transport rate over multiple time scales in the mountain rivers. AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, USA, Dec 2013.
- Fu, X. D., Ma, H. B., Heyman, J., Liu, D. T., Mettra, F., and Ancey, C. RAS and LES Simulation of the supercritical flow over the waving bed. AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, USA, Dec 2013.
- Ma, H. B., Mettra, F., Heyman, J., Ancey, C. and Fu, X.D. Multi-scale fluctuations of bedload transport rates over steep slope. AGU fall meeting, San Francisco, USA, Dec 2012.
- Ma, H. B., Mettra, F., Heyman, J., Ancey, C. and Fu, X.D. The stochastic theory and application of bed load transport. Symposium of bed load transport theory, Chengdu, China, Sep 2012. (Oral)
- Ma, H. B., Heyman, J., Ancey, C., and Fu, X.D. Exact solutions of ideal dam break flood for arbitrary cross-section. EGU general assembly meeting, Vienna, Austria, Vol. 14, 2012-7289, 2012.
- Liu, F., Ma, H. B., Fu, X. D., and Wang, G. Q. A stochastic formulation for particle kinetics of wall-bounded granular flow. Symposium on Two-phase Modelling for Sediment Dynamics in Geophysical Flows, Chatou, France, Apr 2011. (Oral)