Publications (selected)
Araujo, H. A. Cooper, A. B., Hassan, M. A., and Venditti, J., in press. Estimating suspended sediment concentrations in areas with limited hydrological data using a mixed-effects model. Hydrological Processes.
Hassan, M. A., and Roy, A., in press. Tracers in fluvial geomorphology. In Kondolf, G. M. and Piegay, H., editors, Tools in Fluvial Morphology, 2nd edition, Wiley.
Cullis, J. D. S., Gillis, C.-A., Bothwell, M. L., Kilroy, C., Packman, A., and Hassan, M. A., 2012. A conceptual model for the blooming behavior and persistence of the benthic mat-forming diatom Didymosphenia geminate in oligotrophic streams. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, G00N03, doi:10.1029/2011JG001891.
Hassan, M. A. and McIntyre, G., 2012. Palestinian water: resources, use, conservation, climate change, and land use. Digest of Middle East Studies, 21, 313-326.
Hassan, M. A. and Zimmermann, A. M., 2011. Channel response and recovery to changes in sediment supply. In M. Church, P.A. Biron, and A. Roy, editors, Gravel-bed River: Processes, Tools, Environments. 464-473. Invited contribution.
Schiefer, E., Gilbert, R., and Hassan, M. A., 2011. A lake sediment-based proxy of floods in the Rocky Mountain Front Ranges, Canada. Journal of Paleolimnology, 45, 137-149.
Hassan, M. A., Ali, K. F., Yan, Y., and Lu, X. X., 2011. Spatial and temporal suspended sediment dynamics in the Yangtze River basin, China: River, coastal and estuarine morphodynamics. RCEM2011, Tsinghua University Press, Beijing.
McCleary, R., Hassan, M. A., Miller, D., and Moore, R. D., 2011. Predicting the spatial organization of process domains in headwater drainage basins of a glaciated foothills region using mixed-effects models. Water Resources Research. 47, W05505. doi:10.1029/2010WR009800.
Hassan, M. A., Petticrew, E. L., Montgomery, D. R., Gottesfeld, A. S., and Rex, J. F., 2011. Salmon as geomorphic agents and ecosystem engineers in gravel-bed rivers: the effect of fish and floods on sediment mobility and habitat suitability. In Simon A., Bennett S. J., and Castro, J. M., editors Stream Restortation in Dynamic Fluvial Systems, AGU monograph 194, 337-352
Hassan, M. A., Church, M., Yan, Y., Slaymaker, O., and Xu, J., 2011. Suspended sediment balance for the mainstem of Changjiang (Yangtze River) in the period 1964-1985. Hydrological processes, 25, 2339-2353.
Thompson, S. E., Harman, C. J., Schumer, R., Wilson, J. S., Basu, N. B., Brooks, P. D., Donner, S. D., Hassan, M. A., Packman, A. I., Rao, P. S. C., Troch, P. A., and Sivapalan, M., 2011. Patterns, puzzles and people: Implementing hydrological synthesis. Hydrological Processes. doi: 10.1002/hyp.8234 (11 pages).
Rempel, J., Hassan, M. A., and Enkin, R. J., 2010. Laboratory calibration of a magnetic bed load movement detector. US Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 2010-5091, 400-406.
Zimmermann, A. M., Church, M., and Hassan, M. A., 2010. Step-pool stability: testing the jam state hypothesis, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, F02008.
Hassan, M. A., Marren, P. M., and Schwartz, U., 2010, Bar structure in an arid ephemeral stream, Sedimentary Geology, 221, 57-70.
Hassan, M. A., Church, M., Yan, X., and Slaymaker, O., 2010. Spatial and temporal variation of in-reach suspended sediment dynamics along the mainstem of Changjiang (Yangtze River), China, Water Resources Research, 46, W11551, doi:10.1029/2010WR009228.
Schiefer, E., Hassan, M. A., Menounos, B., Pelpola, C. P., and Slaymaker, O., 2010. Interdecadal patterns of total sediment yield from a montane catchment, south Coast Mountains, Canada, Geomorphology. 118 (1-2), 207-212.
Zimmermann, A. M., Church, M., and Hassan, M. A., 2010. Step-pool stability: testing the jam state hypothesis, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, F02008, doi:10.1029/2009JF001365.
Hassan, M. A., Shahin, K., Klinkenberg, B., McIntyre, G., Diabat, M., Tamimi, A. Al-R, and Nativ, R., 2010. Palestinian Water II: Climate Change and Land Use, Geography Compass, Vol. 4, 139–157.
Hassan, M. A., McIntyre, G., Klinkenberg, B., Tamimi, A. Al-R., Paisely, R. K., Diabat, M., and Shahin, K., 2010. Palestinian Water I: Resources, Allocation and Perception, Geography Compass, Vol. 4, 118–138.
Brardinoni, F., Hassan, M. A., Rollerson, T., and Maynard, D., 2009. Colluvial sediment dynamics in mountain drainage basins. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 284, 310-319.
Brayshaw, D., and Hassan, M. A., 2009. Debris flow initiation and sediment recharge in gullies. Geomorphology, Vol. 109, 122-131.
Hassan, M. A., Church, M., Rempel, J. and Enkin, R. J., 2009. Promise, performance and current limitations of a Magnetic Bedload Movement Detector. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Vol. 34, 1022-1032.
Zimmermann, A., Church, M., and Hassan, M. A., 2008. Video-based gravel transport measurements with a flume mounted light table. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33, 2285-2296.
Zimmermann, A. M., Church, M., and Hassan, M. A., 2008. Identification of steps and pools from stream longitudinal profile data. Geomorphology, 102, 395-406.
Gottesfeld, A. S., Hassan, M. A., and Tunnicliffe, J. F., 2008. Salmon bioturbation and stream processes. Salmon Spawning Habitat in Rivers: Physical Controls, Biological Responses and Approaches to Remediation. American Fisheries Society.
Hassan, M. A., Church, M., Xu, X., and Yan, Y., 2008. Spatial and temporal variation of sediment yield in the landscape: the example of Huanghe (Yellow River). Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L06401, doi:10.1029/2008GL033428.
Hassan, M. A., Gottesfeld, A. S., Montgomery, D. R., Tunnicliffe, J. F., Clarke, G. K. C., Wynn, G. Jones-Cox, H., Poirier, R., MacIsaac, E., Herunter, H., and Mcdonald, S. J., 2008. Salmon-driven bedload transport and bed morphology in mountain streams. Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, L04405, doi:10.1029/2007GL032997.
Hassan, M. A., Smith, B., Hogan, D. L., Luzi, D., Zimmermann, A. M., and Eaton, B., 2008. Sediment storage and transport in coarse bed streams: scale considerations. In H. Habersack, H. Piegay and M. Rinaldi, editors, Gravel-Bed Rivers VI: From Process Understanding to River Restoration. Elsevier B.V., 473-496.
McCleary, R. and Hassan, M. A., 2008.
Predictive modelling and spatial mapping of fish distributions in small streams of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Foothill.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.65, 319-333
Parker, G., Hassan, M. A., and Wilcock, P., 2008. Adjustment of the bed surface size distribution of gravel-bed rivers in response to cycled hydrographs. In Habersack, H., Piegay, H., and Rinaldi, M., editors, Gravel-Bed Rivers VI: From Process Understanding to River Restoration. Elsevier B.V., 241-289.
Salant, N. L. and Hassan, M. A., 2008. Fine particles in small steepland streams: physical, ecological, and human connections. Land Management Impacts on Coastal Watershed Hydrology, Progress in Water Resources Series.
Salant, N. L.,Hassan, M. A., and Alonso, C. V., 2008. Suspended sediment dynamics at high and low storm flows in two small watersheds. Hydrological Processes. 22, 1573-1587.
Brardinoni, F. and Hassan, M. A., 2007.
Glacially-induced organization of channel-reach morphology in mountain streams.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, F03013, doi:10.1029/2006JF000741.
Hassan, M. A., Egozi, R., and Parker, G., 2006. Effect of hydrograph characteristics on vertical sorting in gravel-bed rivers: humid versus arid environments. Water Resources Research, 42, W09408
Brardinoni, F. and Hassan, M. A., 2006.
Glacial erosion, evolution of river long profiles, and the organization of process domains
in mountain drainage basins of coastal British Columbia. Journal of Geophysical Research,
Vol. 111, F01013, doi: 10.1029/2005JF000358.
Gomi, T., Moore, R. D., and Hassan, M. A., 2005.
Suspended sediment dynamics in small streams and the effects of forest harvesting: a review for the Pacific Northwest context.
Journal of the American Water Resources Association,41, 877-898.
Benda, L., Hassan, M. A., Church, M., and May, C. L., 2005.
Geomorphology of headwaters: transition from hillslopes to channels.
Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 41, 835-851.
Hassan, M. A., Hogan, D. L., Bird, S. A., May, C. L., Gomi, T., and Campbell, D., 2005.
Spatial and temporal dynamics of wood in small streams.
Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 41, 899-919.
Hassan, M. A., Church, M., Lisle, T. E., Brardinoni, F., Benda L., and Grant, G. E., 2005.
Sediment transport and channel morphology of small, forested streams.
Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 41, 853-876.
de Boer, D. H., Hassan, M. A., MacVicar, B., and Stone, M., 2005.
Recent (1999-2003) Canadian research on contemporary processes of river erosion and sedimentation,
and river mechanics.
Hydrological Processes, 19, 265 - 283.
Asaf, L., Nativ, R., Hassan, M. A., Shain, D., Geyer, S., and Ziv, B., 2005.
Influence of small-scale variables on the chemical and isotopic composition of urban rainwater, as
illustrated by a case study in Ashdod, Israel.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D11307, doi:10.1029/2004JD005414.
Hassan, M. A., 2005.
Gravel bar characteristics in arid ephemeral streams.
Journal of Sedimentary Research,75, 29 - 42.
Asaf, L., Nativ, R., Shain, D., Hassan, M. A., and Geyer, S., 2004.
Controls on the chemical and isotopic compositions of urban stormwater in a semiarid zone.
Journal of Hydrology, 294, 270 - 293.
Gottesfeld, A. S., Hassan, M. A., Tunnicliffe, J. F., and Poirier, R. W., 2004.
Sediment dispersion in fish bearing streams: the influence of floods and spawning salmon.
Journal of the American Water Resources Association,
40, 1071-1086.
Hassan, M. A. and Woodsmith, R., 2004.
Bedload transport in an obstructed-formed pool in a forested gravel-bed stream.
Geomorphology, 58, 203 - 221.
Brardinoni, F., Slaymaker, O., and Hassan, M. A., 2003.
Landslide inventory in rugged forested watershed: a comparison between air photo and field survey data.
Geomorphology, 54, 179 - 196.
Malmaeus, M. and Hassan, M. A., 2002.
Computersimulation of the movement of individual grains on a streambed.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 27, 81-97.
Brardinoni, F., Hassan, M. A., and Slaymaker, O., 2002.
Complex mass wasting response of drainage basins to forest management in coastal British Columbia.
Geomorphology,
49, 109 - 124.
Church, M. and Hassan, M. A., 2002.
Sediment mobility in Harris Creek.
Water Resources Research, 38, 1237- doi: 10.1029/2001WR000753.
Hassan, M. A. and Klein, M., 2002.
Fluvial adjustment of the Lower Jordan River to a drop in the Dead Sea level.
Geomorphology, 45, 21 - 35.
Hassan, M. A. and Church, M., 2001. Sensitivity of bedload transport in Harris Creek: seasonal and
spatial variation over a cobble-gravel bar.
Water Resources Research, 37, 813 - 825.
Hassan, M. A. and Egozi, R., 2001.
Impact of wastewater discharge on channel morphology of ephemeral streams.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 26, 1285-1302.
Hassan, M. A. and Church, M., 2000.
Experiments on surface structure and partial sediment transport.
Water Resources Research, 36, 1885 – 1895.
Church, M., Ham, D., Hassan, M. A., and Slaymaker, O., 1999.
Fluvial sediment yield in Canada.
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 36, 1267 - 1280.
Hassan, M. A., Schick, A. P., and Shaw, P. A., 1999.
The transport of gravel in an ephemeral sandbed river.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 24, 623 - 640.
Church, M., Hassan, M. A., and Wolcott, J. F., 1998.
Stabilizing self-organised structures in gravel-bed stream channels.
Water Resources Research, 34, 3169-3179.
Gintz, D., Hassan, M. A., and Schmidt, K.-H., 1996.
Frequency and magnitude of bedload transport in a mountain river.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 21, 433 - 445.
Hassan, M. A. and Church, M., 1994.
Vertical mixing of coarse particles in gravel bed rivers: a kinematic model.
Water Resources Research, 30, 1173 - 1185.
Hassan, M. A., 1994. Structuralcontrols on the mobility of coarse material.
Israel Journal of Earth Science, 41, 105 - 122.
Reid, I. and Hassan, M. A., 1992. The influence of microform bed roughness elements on flow and sediment transport in gravel bed rivers: a reply. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 17, 535-538.
Church, M. and Hassan, M. A., 1992.
Size and distance of travel of unconstrained clasts on a streambed.
Water Resources Research, 28, 299-303.
Hassan, M. A., Church, M., and Ashworth, P. J., 1992.
Virtual rate and mean distance of travel of individual clasts in gravel bed channels.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms , 17, 617 - 627.
Hassan, M. A., Church, M., and Schick, A. P., 1991.
Distance of movement of coarse particles in a gravel bed stream.
Water Resources Research, 27, 503 - 511.
Hassan, M. A. and Reid, I., 1990.
The influence of microform bed roughness elements on flow and sediment transport in gravel bed rivers.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 15, 739 - 750.
Hassan, M. A., 1990.
Scour, fill and burial depths of coarse bed material in gravel bed streams.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 15, 341 – 356.
Hassan, M. A., 1990.
Observation on desert bores.
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 15, 481-485.