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Personal profile
Personal profile
Jim Best’s current research concerns the mechanics of sediment transport, the investigation of modern sedimentary environments, and the interpretation of ancient alluvium. Current areas of ongoing research include: interactions between turbulent flows and sediment movement, turbulence modulation in sedimentological flows, bedform dynamics, braided river dynamics and deposits, the morphodynamics of river channel confluences, the sedimentology of large rivers, the application of multibeam imaging within sedimentary environments, basin evolution, paleoenvironments, and sedimentology of the Western Irish Namurian Basin.
Education
- Ph.D., Birkbeck College, University of London
- B.S., University of Leeds
Teaching
- GEOG/ESE 222 - Big Rivers of the World
- GEOG/GEOL 575 - Alluvial Boundary Layer Dynamics
- GEOL 440: Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
- GEOL 415/515: The Geology of County Clare, Western Ireland: sedimentology, paleoecology and evolution of a sedimentary basin
- GEOL 593: Advanced Clastic Sedimentology
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Controls on the Leeside Angle of Dunes in Shallow Unidirectional Flows
Cisneros, J. & Best, J., Mar 2024, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 129, 3, e2023JF007520.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Decadal evolution of fluvial islands and its controlling factors along the lower Yangtze River
Wu, J., Fan, M., Zhang, H., Shaukat, M., Best, J. L., Li, N. & Gao, C., 2024, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12, 1388854.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Morphodynamics and depositional architecture of mid-channel bars in large Amazonian rivers
Almeida, R. P., Galeazzi, C. P., Best, J., Ianniruberto, M., Do Prado, A. H., Janikian, L., Mazoca, C. E. M., Tamura, L. N. & Nicholas, A., Aug 2024, In: Sedimentology. 71, 5, p. 1591-1614 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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On the dynamics of aligned inertial particles settling in a quiescent, stratified two-layer medium
Kang, S., Best, J. L. & Chamorro, L. P., Jun 10 2024, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 988, A26.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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On the origin of chevron marks and striated grooves, and their use in predicting mud bed rheology
McGowan, D., Salian, A., Baas, J. H., Peakall, J. & Best, J., Feb 2024, In: Sedimentology. 71, 2, p. 687-708 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Press/Media
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More than maps: New atlas captures the state of global river systems through human context
9/9/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research