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River Bed Forms

River Bed Forms is a morphological phenomenon in fluvial hydrodynamics consisting of sedimentary structures that develop on the bed of a river due to the interaction between flowing water and granular material, distinguished by characteristic shapes and scales such as ripples, dunes, and antidunes that influence flow resistance and sediment transport.

639

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1.4K

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564

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123

Variants

Fluvial Bedforms

Parents

Publications

639

Studies of longitudinal stream profiles in Virginia and Maryland

John T. Hack · USGS professional paper · 1957 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Rivers and floodplains: forms, processes, and sedimentary record

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 1K citations

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Sediment Transport, Part III: Bed forms and Alluvial Roughness

Leo C. van Rijn · Journal of Hydraulic Engineering · 1984 · 808 citations

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Sediment supply and the development of the coarse surface layer in gravel-bedded rivers

W. E. Dietrich, James W. Kirchner, Hiroshi Ikeda et al. · Nature · 1989 · 690 citations

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Sediment transport and deposition at river mouths: A synthesis

L. D. Wright · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1977 · 638 citations

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Authors

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  1. GP
    Gary Parker

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    11 publications · 1.5K citations

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  2. SN
    Stuart N. Lane

    University of Lausanne, Switzerland

    8 publications · 921 citations

    8

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  3. DR
    Daniel R. Parsons

    University of Hull, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 661 citations

    7

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  4. MC
    Michael Church

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    7 publications · 471 citations

    7

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  5. JB
    John Bridge

    Binghamton University, United States

    7 publications · 836 citations

    7

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Institutions

564

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    14 h-index

    20 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    13 h-index

    27 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    13 h-index

    19 publications

    2.1K citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    13 h-index

    18 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    59 publications

    2.3K citations

  6. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    12 h-index

    14 publications

    887 citations

  7. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    24 publications

    1.9K citations

  8. University of Hull

    Hull, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    1.9K citations

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  1. Geomorphology

    52 publications · 4.2K citations

    36

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  2. Water Resources Research

    51 publications · 5.4K citations

    36

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  3. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    40 publications · 3.4K citations

    26

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  4. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

    25 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. Sedimentology

    19 publications · 2.4K citations

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