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3711
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9575
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Overview

David E. Drake is a researcher affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. The current profile does not include specific details about their recent publications or coauthors.

Drake's research fields, subfields, main topics of work, and publication venues have not been documented in the available data. Similarly, there is no record of published books or awards received by this scientist.

Given this limited information, the professional focus appears to be connected to geological or earth science research activities conducted under the auspices of a prominent federal agency.

Best Publications

  • Sediment resuspension and bed armoring during high bottom stress events on the northern California inner continental shelf: measurements and predictions

    Patricia L. Wiberg;David E. Drake;David A. Cacchione

  • Rapid and widespread dispersal of flood sediment on the northern California margin

    R. A. Wheatcroft;C. K. Sommerfield;D. E. Drake;J. C. Borgeld

  • Rippled Scour Depressions on the Inner Continental Shelf Off Central California

    David A. Cacchione;David E. Drake;William D. Grant;George B. Tate

  • Nepheloid layers and internal waves over continental shelves and slopes

    D. A. Cacchione;D. E. Drake

  • Post-depositional alteration and preservation of sedimentary event layers on continental margins, I. The role of episodic sedimentation

    Robert A Wheatcroft;David E Drake

  • Sediment-transport events on the northern California continental shelf during the 1990–1991 STRESS experiment

    C.R. Sherwood;C.R. Sherwood;B. Butman;D.A. Cacchione;D.E. Drake

  • Seasonal variation in sediment transport on the Russian River shelf, California

    David E. Drake;David A. Cacchione

  • Storm‐dominated bottom boundary layer dynamics on the Northern California Continental Shelf: Measurements and predictions

    David A. Cacchione;William D. Grant;David E. Drake;Scott M. Glenn

  • Measurements of storm‐generated bottom stresses on the continental shelf

    David A. Cacchione;David E. Drake

  • Measurements in the bottom boundary layer on the Amazon subaqueous delta

    D.A. Cacchione;D.E. Drake;R.W. Kayen;R.W. Sternberg

  • Estimates of the suspended sediment reference concentration (Ca) and resuspension coefficient (γ0) from near-bottom observations on the California shelf

    David E. Drake;David A. Cacchione

  • A new instrument system to investigate sediment dynamics on continental shelves

    D.A. Cacchione;D.E. Drake

  • The Anatomy of an Oceanic Flood Deposit

    Robert Wheatcroft;Jeffry Borgeld;Rebecca Born;David Drake

  • Temporal and spatial variability of the sediment grain-size distribution on the Eel shelf: the flood layer of 1995

    David E Drake

  • Sand waves on an epicontinental shelf: Northern Bering Sea

    Michael E Field;C.Hans Nelson;David A Cacchione;David E Drake

  • Field observations of bed shear stress and sediment resuspension on continental shelves, Alaska and California

    David E. Drake;David A. Cacchione

  • Shelf record of climatic changes in flood magnitude and frequency, north-coastal California

    Christopher K. Sommerfield;David E. Drake;Robert A. Wheatcroft

  • An instrument system for monitoring and sampling suspended sediment in the benthic boundary layer

    R.W. Sternberg;R.V. Johnson;D.A. Cacchione;D.E. Drake

  • Distribution and dispersal of suspended particulate matter on the Ebro continental shelf, northwestern Mediterranean Sea

    Alberto Palanques;David E. Drake

  • Distribution and Transport of Suspended Particulate Matter in Hueneme, Redondo, Newport, and La Jolla Submarine Canyons, California

    Unknown

  • Shear stress and bed roughness estimates for combined wave and current flows over a rippled bed

    David E. Drake;David A. Cacchione;William D. Grant

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Cacchione
David A. Cacchione United States Geological Survey
Douglas G. Masson
Douglas G. Masson Seascape Consultants (United Kingdom)
Michael E. Field
Michael E. Field United States Geological Survey
James V. Gardner
James V. Gardner University of New Hampshire
Robert A. Wheatcroft
Robert A. Wheatcroft Oregon State University
Richard W. Sternberg
Richard W. Sternberg University of Washington
Patricia L. Wiberg
Patricia L. Wiberg University of Virginia
Christopher R. Sherwood
Christopher R. Sherwood United States Geological Survey
Charles A. Nittrouer
Charles A. Nittrouer University of Washington
C. Hans Nelson
C. Hans Nelson Spanish National Research Council

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