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Shields Parameter

The Shields Parameter is a dimensionless number representing the ratio of fluid shear stress to the submerged weight of sediment particles, used to predict the threshold of sediment entrainment in fluvial environments.

227

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15.3K

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515

Authors

281

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2017–2026

54

Variants

Shields CriterionShields Number

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Publications

227

Threshold of sediment motion under unidirectional currents

Martin C. Miller, I Nick McCave, Paul D. Komar · Sedimentology · 1977 · 980 citations

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BED MATERIAL TRANSPORT AND THE MORPHOLOGY OF ALLUVIAL RIVER CHANNELS

Michael Church · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 2006 · 809 citations

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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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Bed load transport in turbulent flow at the grain scale: Experiments and modeling

É. Lajeunesse, L. Malverti, François Charru · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2010 · 423 citations · Full text

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Metrics for assessing the downstream effects of dams

John C. Schmidt, Peter Richard Wilcock · Water Resources Research · 2008 · 364 citations · Full text

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Authors

515

  1. JF
    Jørgen Fredsøe

    Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

    12 publications · 1.4K citations

    12

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  2. HA
    Hossein Afzalimehr

    Isfahan University of Technology, Iran

    9 publications · 212 citations

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  3. BM
    B. Mutlu Sumer

    Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

    8

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  4. SD
    Subhasish Dey

    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

    6 publications · 178 citations

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  5. GP
    Gary Parker

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    5 publications · 431 citations

    5

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Institutions

281

  1. Technical University of Denmark

    Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

    17 h-index

    47 publications

    4.3K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    37 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    716 citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    987 citations

  5. Isfahan University of Technology

    Isfahan, Iran

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    355 citations

  6. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

    Kharagpur, India

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    339 citations

  7. Université Grenoble Alpes

    Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    614 citations

  8. Nanyang Technological University

    Singapore, Singapore

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    949 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

    39 publications · 2.9K citations

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  2. Water Resources Research

    17 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. 11

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  4. Physics of Fluids

    10 publications · 461 citations

    10

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 10 publications · 1.2K citations

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