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Paleocurrent Analysis

Paleocurrent Analysis is a sedimentological method that identifies the direction of ancient water flow in sedimentary environments through the systematic measurement and interpretation of directional sedimentary structures such as cross-bedding, flute marks, and imbrication.

328

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13.8K

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900

Authors

417

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2017–2026

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328

Structural history of the Mediterranean basins

Peter Sonnenfeld · Tectonophysics · 1979 · 363 citations

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The drainage of Africa since the Cretaceous

Andrew Goudie · Geomorphology · 2004 · 286 citations

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Significance and Origin of Big Rivers

Paul Edwin Potter · The Journal of Geology · 1978 · 251 citations

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Miocene drainage reversal of the Amazon River driven by plate–mantle interaction

Grace E. Shephard, R. Dietmar Müller, L. Liu et al. · Nature Geoscience · 2010 · 203 citations

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U-Pb Ages of Detrital Zircons in Relation to Paleogeography: Triassic Paleodrainage Networks and Sediment Dispersal Across Southwest Laurentia

William R. Dickinson, George E. Gehrels · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 2008 · 195 citations

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Authors

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  1. RP
    Renato Paes de Almeida

    Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    5 publications · 124 citations

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  2. DM
    David M. Hodgson

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 264 citations

    5

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  3. AD
    Andrew D. Miall

    University of Toronto, Canada

    5 publications · 462 citations

    5

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  4. CR
    Christopher R. Fielding

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    4 publications · 68 citations

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  5. PG
    Peter G. DeCelles

    University of Arizona, United States

    4 publications · 273 citations

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Institutions

417

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    583 citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    619 citations

  3. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

    Beijing, China

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    634 citations

  5. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    221 citations

  6. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    243 citations

  7. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    6 h-index

    30 publications

    680 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    473 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Sedimentary Research

    JSR · 57 publications · 2.6K citations

    27

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  2. Sedimentology

    19 publications · 1.2K citations

    18

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  3. Sedimentary Geology

    16 publications · 529 citations

    15

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  4. AAPG Bulletin

    11 publications · 316 citations

    11

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  5. Geology

    9 publications · 703 citations

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