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River Avulsion

River Avulsion is a fluvial geomorphic process characterized by the abrupt shift of a river channel from one course to another due to sediment accumulation or flood-induced breaching, distinguishing it from gradual channel migration by its episodic and catastrophic nature.

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RIVER AVULSIONS AND THEIR DEPOSITS

Rudy Slingerland, Norman D. Smith · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 2004 · 693 citations

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Anatomy of an avulsion

Norman D. Smith, Timothy A. Cross, Joseph P. Dufficy et al. · Sedimentology · 1989 · 570 citations

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Shredding of environmental signals by sediment transport

D. J. Jerolmack, Chris Paola · Geophysical Research Letters · 2010 · 546 citations · Full text

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Studies in fluviatile sedimentation: an exploratory quantitative model for the architecture of avulsion-controlled alluvial suites

J.R.L. Allen · Sedimentary Geology · 1978 · 412 citations

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Three-dimensional model of alluvial stratigraphy; theory and applications

Scudder D. Mackey, John Bridge · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 1995 · 373 citations

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Authors

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  1. DA
    Douglas A. Edmonds

    Indiana University Bloomington, United States

    7 publications · 367 citations

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  2. ND
    Norman D. Smith

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    7 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. MP
    Michael P. Lamb

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    6 publications · 560 citations

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  4. CP
    Chris Paola

    University of Minnesota, United States

    5 publications · 821 citations

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  5. MG
    Maarten G. Kleinhans

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    4 publications · 409 citations

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Institutions

158

  1. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    823 citations

  3. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    537 citations

  6. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    371 citations

  7. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    485 citations

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  1. Journal of Sedimentary Research

    JSR · 9 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. Geomorphology

    8 publications · 724 citations

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  3. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    7 publications · 538 citations

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  4. Geology

    6 publications · 492 citations

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    5 publications · 979 citations

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