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Dunne, Thomas |
Location
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University of California, Santa Barbara |
Primary Field
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Geology |
Secondary Field
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Human Environmental Sciences |
Election Citation
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Dunne has shown by combination of theory and field measurements how runoff and thus erosion develop on hillslopes in humid and tropical landscapes. His theory of saturated overland flow is now accepted worldwide and has stimulated an entirely new direction of research in surficial prosesses. |
Research Interests
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Hydrology, sediment transport, and floodplain sedimentation (various parts of the Amazon R. basin and California Central Valley). Debris flow initiation and sediment transport (currently Montecito CA). Field and theoretical studies of hillslope evolution, incorporating the relations between climate, vegetation, hydrology, sediment transport, and Earth material properties (currently East Africa). |
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