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Bedform Instability

Bedform Instability is a theoretical construct in sediment dynamics that denotes the inherent tendency of a flat sediment bed to develop into organized topographic forms under fluid flow due to intrinsic feedbacks between flow, sediment transport, and bed morphology.

151

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12.1K

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327

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178

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2017–2026

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Bedform-generated convective transport in bottom sediment

Louis J. Thibodeaux, John D. Boyle · Nature · 1987 · 470 citations

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Experimental soft‐sediment deformation: structures formed by the liquefaction of unconsolidated sands and some ancient examples

Geraint Owen · Sedimentology · 1996 · 406 citations

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Stabilizing self‐organized structures in gravel‐bed stream channels: Field and experimental observations

Michael Church, Marwan A. Hassan, John Wolcott · Water Resources Research · 1998 · 376 citations

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Finite-amplitude alternate bars

Marco Colombini, G. Seminara, Marco Tubino · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1987 · 356 citations

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Recognising triggers for soft-sediment deformation: Current understanding and future directions

Geraint Owen, Massimo Moretti, Pedro Alfaro · Sedimentary Geology · 2011 · 348 citations

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Authors

327

  1. PC
    Philippe Claudin

    Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes, France

    5 publications · 535 citations

    5

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  2. MC
    Marco Colombini

    University of Genoa, Italy

    4 publications · 615 citations

    4

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  3. AC
    A. C. Fowler

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 176 citations

    4

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  4. LR
    Luca Ridolfi

    Politecnico di Torino, Italy

    4 publications · 218 citations

    4

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  5. BA
    Bruno Andreotti

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    4 publications · 501 citations

    4

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Institutions

178

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    36 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    29 publications

    1.6K citations

  3. Physique et Mécanique des Milieux Hétérogènes

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    1.5K citations

  4. University of Genoa

    Genoa, Italy

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    526 citations

  5. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    941 citations

  6. Institut de physique du globe de Paris

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    465 citations

  7. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    657 citations

  8. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    746 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    15 publications · 1.8K citations

    14

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  2. Geomorphology

    7 publications · 494 citations

    7

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  3. Physics of Fluids

    7 publications · 200 citations

    7

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  4. Sedimentary Geology

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

    7

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  5. Journal of the Hydraulics Division

    7 publications · 654 citations

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