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Alluvial Fans

Alluvial Fan is a sedimentary landform composed of unconsolidated clastic material deposited by gravity-driven, distributive fluvial processes radiating from a confined source point, typically at a mountain front, distinguished from other fluvial depositional systems by its characteristic conical topography and proximal-to-distal grain size diminution.

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119

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Alluvial Fan

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814

The geology of fluvial deposits: sedimentary facies, basin analysis, and petroleum geology

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 1.8K citations

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Alluvial fans and their natural distinction from rivers based on morphology, hydraulic processes, sedimentary processes, and facies assemblages

John G. McPhe Terence C. Blair · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 1994 · 983 citations

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Two‐Dimensional Water Flood and Mudflow Simulation

J. S. O’Brien, P. Y. Julien, W. T. Fullerton · Journal of Hydraulic Engineering · 1993 · 826 citations

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Grain-size and textural classification of coarse sedimentary particles

T. C. Blair, J. G. McPherson · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 1999 · 473 citations

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Experimental Fluvial Geomorphology

R. F. Hadley · Eos · 1988 · 470 citations

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Authors

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  1. AH
    Adrian Harvey

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    14 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. LA
    Lewis A. Owen

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    12 publications · 647 citations

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  3. AE
    Anne E. Mather

    University of Plymouth, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 481 citations

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  4. RC
    Robert C. Finkel

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States

    7 publications · 442 citations

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  5. DB
    Didier Bourlès

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    6 publications · 423 citations

    6

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Institutions

774

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    22 h-index

    97 publications

    5K citations

  2. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    19 h-index

    33 publications

    2K citations

  3. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    19 h-index

    49 publications

    4.6K citations

  4. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    16 h-index

    27 publications

    2.2K citations

  5. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    20 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    37 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    27 publications

    715 citations

  8. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    12 h-index

    27 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. Geomorphology

    56 publications · 3.1K citations

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  2. Sedimentary Geology

    42 publications · 2K citations

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  3. Journal of Sedimentary Research

    JSR · 30 publications · 3.3K citations

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  4. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    25 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. Geological Society London Special Publications

    30 publications · 1.3K citations

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