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Sediment Transport

Sediment transport is the movement of solid particles through natural systems by the combined action of flowing fluids and gravitational forces.

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Brazos River bar [Texas]; a study in the significance of grain size parameters

Robert L. Folk, W Ward · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 1957 · 7.2K citations

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World-Wide Delivery of River Sediment to the Oceans

John D. Milliman, Robert H. Meade · The Journal of Geology · 1983 · 3.7K citations

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Impact of Humans on the Flux of Terrestrial Sediment to the Global Coastal Ocean

James P. M. Syvitski, Charles J Vörösmarty, Albert J. Kettner et al. · Science · 2005 · 2.8K citations

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Sediment gravity flows; II, Depositional models with special reference to the deposits of high-density turbidity currents

Donald R. Lowe · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 1982 · 2.4K citations

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A method of sampling coarse river‐bed material

M. Gordon Wolman · Transactions American Geophysical Union · 1954 · 2.4K citations

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Authors

35.5K

  1. GP
    Gary Parker

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    149 publications · 17.5K citations

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  2. WE
    W. E. Dietrich

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    61 publications · 13.1K citations

    51

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  3. MC
    Michael Church

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    78 publications · 8.9K citations

    51

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  4. DE
    Desmond E. Walling

    University of Exeter, United Kingdom

    59 publications · 7.6K citations

    47

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  5. CP
    Chris Paola

    University of Minnesota, United States

    60 publications · 6.8K citations

    43

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Institutions

5.3K

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    111 h-index

    1.2K publications

    94.4K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    93 h-index

    1.6K publications

    108.9K citations

  3. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    85 h-index

    418 publications

    37.6K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    81 h-index

    1.5K publications

    89.2K citations

  5. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    77 h-index

    524 publications

    36K citations

  6. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    74 h-index

    594 publications

    41.6K citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    73 h-index

    347 publications

    33.9K citations

  8. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    72 h-index

    411 publications

    27.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Water Resources Research

    728 publications · 69.3K citations

    139

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 554 publications · 55.6K citations

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  3. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

    710 publications · 57.3K citations

    119

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  4. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    740 publications · 51.9K citations

    115

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  5. Sedimentology

    438 publications · 42.4K citations

    112

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See also

Sediment Transport

Transport Mechanisms

Driving Forces

Controlling Factors

Modeling Approaches

Measurement Techniques