Professor Wolman's principal research interests are in the areas of geomorphology, alluvial river channel processes, hydrology,Quaternary geology, physical geography, environmental change and natural processes, and energy and environmental policy.

Environmental Health Engineering, Geology, geomorphology, alluvial river channel processes, hydrology,Quaternary geology, physical geography, environmental change

He has received numerous honors and awards, including the Meritorious Contribution Award (1972) and the Distinguished Career Award (1993, Geomorphology Specialty Group) from the Association of American Geographers; the John Wesley Powell Award from the U. S. Geological Survey (1989); the Distinguished Mentor (1989) and the Cullum Geographical Medal (1989) from the Council of the American Geographical Society; the D.L. Linton Award from the British Geomorphological Research Group (1994); the Rachel Carson Award from the Chesapeake Appreciation, Inc. (1995) and from the American Geological Institute, the Medal in memory of Ian Campbell (1997).

Threats and Issues in Water Quality Management, 1997, The Environmental Professional, v. 19, pp. 1-7.

Population, land use, and environment: A long history, 1993,Chapter 2 in Population and Land Use in Developing Countries: Report of a Workshop, Carole L. Jolly and Barbara Boyle Torrey, Editors, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 159 pp.

The sizes of salmonid spawning gravels (with G.M. Kondolf), 1993, Water Resources Research, v. 29, pp. 2275-2285.

Contemporary value of geography: Applied physical geography and environmental sciences, 1992, in The Student's Companion toGeography, A. Rogers, H. Viles and A. Goudie, eds., Blackwell, London, pp.1-7.

Water and the city: An exploration of meaning, 1991, in Waterand the City: The next Century, H. Rosen and A.D. Keating, eds. Public Works Historical Society, Chicago, pp. 27-36.

Pattern and origin of stepped-bed morphology in high-gradientstreams, Western Cascades, Oregon, 1990, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 102, pp. 340-352.

Midden management, January 16-17, 1990, 4th National Conference on Environmental Issues: Solid Waste Management, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.

The riverscape, Chapter 12 in The Geology of North America, Vol.0-1, Surface Water Hydrology, ed. with H. C. Riggs, The Geological Society of America, 1990, pp. 281-328. Also, Introduction, Chapter 1(with H. C. Riggs), pp. 1-9.

The impact of man, December 25, 1990, EOS, American Geophys.Union, v. 71, no. 52, pp. 1884-1886.

Science for responsible regulation: Environmental quality andresource utilization, Chapter 11, in FOCUS 88: FutureOpportunities and Challenges Unique to Science, Proceedings of aNational Symposium, USDA and NRC Board on Agriculture, NationalAcademy Press, 1989, pp. 71-82.

Taming the Yellow River: Silt and Floods, 1989, ed. with LucienBrush and Huang Bing-Wei, Kluwer Academic Publishers, TheGeoJournal Library, The Netherlands, V. 13, 690 pp. AuthorErosion control and reservoir deposition, pp. 139-161.

Changing national water quality policies, October 1988, Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation, v. 60, pp. 1774-1781.

Criteria for land use, 1987, in Resources and World Development, pp. 643-657, D.J. McLaren and B.J. Skinner, eds., Wiley, NewYork, 940 pp.

Sediment movement and knickpoint behavior in a small piedmont drainage basin, 1987, Geogr. Ann., 69A, pp. 5-14.

Some dynamic aspects of river geometry (with B. Yu), 1987, Water Resources Research, v. 23, pp. 501-509.

Land transformation in Agriculture, 1987, ed. with F.G.A.Fournier, SCOPE Volume 32, John Wiley & Sons, England, 518 pp.;author with F.G.A. Fournier: Chapter 1, Introduction to Land Transformation in Agriculture; Chapter 5, Agricultural Practices Leading to Land Transformation: Introduction; Chapter 7,Conclusions and Recommendations.

Water-quality trends in the nation's rivers (with R.A. Smith and R.B. Alexander), 1987, Science, v. 235, pp. 1607-1615.

Soil Conservation: Assessing the National Resources Inventory,Vols 1 and 11, 1986, by the Committee on Conservation Needs and Opportunities (Chairman, M.G. Wolman), National Academy Press,Washington, DC.

Soil erosion and crop productivity: A worldwide perspective,1985, in Soil Erosion and Crop Productivity, R. F. Follett and B.A. Stewart, eds, pp. 9-21.

Hydrochemistry of sulfide and arsenic-rich tailings and alluviumalong Whitewood Creek, South Dakota (with J.A. Cherry, F.M.M.Morel, J.V. Rouse and J.L. Schnoor), 1986, Mineral & Energy Resources, v. 29, No. 4-6, Colorado School of Mines, 45 pp.

Effect of erosion on soil productivity: An international comparison (with F.R. Rijsberman), July-August 1985, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, v. 40, No. 4, pp. 349-354.