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W. B. Langbein

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Publications

33

Citations

4.3K

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20

Active since

1939

Affiliations

United States Geological Survey(Current)

United States Department of the Interior

W. B. Langbein is an author at United States Geological Survey specializing in engineering, hydrology, and water resources.

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EngineeringHydrologyWater ResourcesGeographySediment TransportEarth ScienceGeomorphologyCivil EngineeringFlood Risk ManagementHydraulic Engineering

Publications per year

1939–1982

33

Publications

33

Yield of sediment in relation to mean annual precipitation

W. B. Langbein, Stanley A. Schumm · Transactions American Geophysical Union · 1958 · 1K citations

Engineering, Geomorphology, United States +16

The concept of entropy in landscape evolution

Luna B. Leopold, W. B. Langbein · USGS professional paper · 1962 · 686 citations · Full text

Engineering, Geomorphology, Landscape Evolution +17

River meanders - Theory of minimum variance

W. B. Langbein, Luna B. Leopold · USGS professional paper · 1966 · 416 citations · Full text

Annual floods and the partial‐duration flood series

W. B. Langbein · Transactions American Geophysical Union · 1949 · 295 citations

Flash Flood, Hydrological Disaster, Engineering +13

Quasi-equilibrium states in channel morphology

W. B. Langbein, Luna B. Leopold · American Journal of Science · 1964 · 242 citations

Environmental Flow, Hydrogeology, Whole Fluvial System +15

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