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Planform Instability

Planform Instability is a morphodynamic phenomenon characterized by the spontaneous deviation of a channel's planimetric configuration from a stable alignment due to feedbacks between flow dynamics, sediment transport, and bank erosion or deposition.

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2017–2026

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Influence of bank vegetation on alluvial channel patterns

Robert G. Millar · Water Resources Research · 2000 · 390 citations

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Effects of vegetation on braided stream pattern and dynamics

Tom Coulthard · Water Resources Research · 2005 · 152 citations · Full text

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Interaction among mean flow, turbulence, bed morphology, bank failures and channel planform in an evolving compound meander loop

Frank L. Engel, Bruce L. Rhoads · Geomorphology · 2011 · 132 citations

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On the nature of meander instability

Stefano Lanzoni, G. Seminara · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2006 · 129 citations · Full text

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Convection due to internal heat sources

Morten Tveitereid, Enok Palm · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1976 · 91 citations · Full text

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  1. RM
    Raúl Medina

    Universidad de Cantabria, Spain

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  2. MG
    Mauricio González

    Universidad de Cantabria, Spain

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  3. AI
    Ahmed I. Elshinnawy

    Tanta University, Egypt

    2 publications · 26 citations

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  4. EH
    E. H. Grissinger

    National Sedimentation Laboratory, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  5. SA
    Samer A. Tawfik

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    1 publications · 66 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Tanta University

    Tanta, Egypt

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  2. Universidad de Cantabria

    Santander, Spain

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    78 citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    264 citations

  4. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

    Gandhinagar, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    86 citations

  5. Sandia National Laboratories California

    Livermore, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  6. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    182 citations

  7. Sandia National Laboratories

    Albuquerque, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  8. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    164 citations

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  1. Geomorphology

    5 publications · 322 citations

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  2. Water Resources Research

    3 publications · 627 citations

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  3. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    2 publications · 116 citations

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  4. Coastal Engineering

    2 publications · 26 citations

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