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Sediment Dispersal

Sediment Dispersal is a geological process that refers to the transportation and distribution of detrital material from source areas to depositional environments within sedimentary basins, distinguished by the spatial and temporal patterns of sediment movement influenced by tectonic, climatic, and geomorphic controls.

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Sediment flux and the Anthropocene

James P. M. Syvitski, Albert J. Kettner · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · 2011 · 615 citations

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Late Paleozoic tectonic amalgamation of northwestern China: Sedimentary record of the northern Tarim, northwestern Turpan, and southern Junggar Basins

Alan R. Carroll, Stephan A. Graham, Marc S. Hendrix et al. · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1995 · 467 citations

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Turbidite depositional patterns and flow characteristics, Navy Submarine Fan, California Borderland

David J. W. Piper, William R. Normark · Sedimentology · 1983 · 336 citations

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U-Pb ages of detrital zircons in Jurassic eolian and associated sandstones of the Colorado Plateau: Evidence for transcontinental dispersal and intraregional recycling of sediment

William R. Dickinson, George E. Gehrels · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 2008 · 310 citations

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Dispersal of River Sediments in Coastal Seas: Six Contrasting Cases

L. D. Wright, Charles A. Nittrouer · Estuaries · 1995 · 293 citations

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  1. CA
    Charles A. Nittrouer

    University of Washington, United States

    10 publications · 1K citations

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  2. GE
    George E. Gehrels

    University of Arizona, United States

    9 publications · 893 citations

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  3. SA
    Stephan A. Graham

    Stanford University, United States

    8 publications · 925 citations

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  4. DJ
    Daniel Jean Stanley

    Smithsonian Institution, United States

    7 publications · 235 citations

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  5. XX
    Xiangyang Xie

    Texas Christian University, United States

    6 publications · 220 citations

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Institutions

425

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    15 h-index

    35 publications

    2.1K citations

  2. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    12 h-index

    27 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    903 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    712 citations

  5. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    10 h-index

    17 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    909 citations

  7. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    847 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    2.7K citations

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  1. Marine Geology

    34 publications · 2K citations

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  2. Journal of Sedimentary Research

    JSR · 22 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Continental Shelf Research

    18 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Basin Research

    19 publications · 708 citations

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  5. Sedimentology

    15 publications · 1.2K citations

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