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Overview

Dimitri Lague is affiliated with the University of Rennes in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research covers a broad spectrum of topics related to landscape evolution, sediment transport, and hydrological processes.

Their recent publications include work on landscape evolution modeling, hydrodynamic flood mapping, and geomorphological inventory techniques. Notable papers are:

  • HyLands 1.0: a hybrid landscape evolution model to simulate the impact of landslides and landslide-derived sediment on landscape evolution, 2020, Geoscientific Model Development
  • Performance of automated methods for flash flood inundation mapping: a comparison of a digital terrain model (DTM) filling and two hydrodynamic methods, 2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Beyond 2D landslide inventories and their rollover: synoptic 3D inventories and volume from repeat lidar data, 2021, Earth Surface Dynamics
  • Sediment flux-driven channel geometry adjustment of bedrock and mixed gravel-bedrock rivers, 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Use of terrestrial photosieving and airborne topographic LiDAR to assess bed grain size in large rivers: a study on the Rhine River, 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Philippe Davy
  • Philippe Steer
  • Thomas Bernard
  • Marine Le Minor
  • Aurélie Davranche

Lague's research is often published in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Earth Surface Dynamics
  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Geoscientific Model Development

Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. The main research topics focus on:

  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Best Publications

  • Accurate 3D comparison of complex topography with terrestrial laser scanner: Application to the Rangitikei canyon (N-Z)

    Dimitri Lague;Dimitri Lague;Nicolas Brodu;Jérôme Leroux

  • Links between erosion, runoff variability and seismicity in the Taiwan orogen

    Simon J. Dadson;Niels Hovius;Hongey Chen;W. Brian Dade

  • 3D terrestrial lidar data classification of complex natural scenes using a multi-scale dimensionality criterion: Applications in geomorphology

    Nicolas Brodu;Dimitri Lague

  • The stream power river incision model: evidence, theory and beyond

    Dimitri Lague

  • Discharge, discharge variability, and the bedrock channel profile

    Dimitri Lague;Dimitri Lague;Niels Hovius;Philippe Davy

  • Analyzing High Resolution Topography for Advancing the Understanding of Mass and Energy Transfer Through Landscapes: A Review

    Paola Passalacqua;Patrick Belmont;Dennis M. Staley;Jeffrey D. Simley

  • Cover effect in bedrock abrasion : A new derivation and its implications for the modeling of bedrock channel morphology

    Jens M. Turowski;Jens M. Turowski;Dimitri Lague;Dimitri Lague;Niels Hovius

  • Fluvial erosion/transport equation of landscape evolution models revisited

    Philippe Davy;Dimitri Lague

  • Laboratory experiments simulating the geomorphic response to tectonic uplift

    Dimitri Lague;Dimitri Lague;Alain Crave;Philippe Davy

  • Distribution of erosion across bedrock channels

    Jens M. Turowski;Niels Hovius;Hsieh Meng-Long;Dimitri Lague

  • Constraints on the long-term colluvial erosion law by analyzing slope-area relationships at various tectonic uplift rates in the Siwaliks Hills (Nepal)

    Dimitri Lague;Dimitri Lague;Philippe Davy

  • Reduction of long‐term bedrock incision efficiency by short‐term alluvial cover intermittency

    Dimitri Lague

  • Rapid post-seismic landslide evacuation boosted by dynamic river width

    Thomas Croissant;Dimitri Lague;Philippe Steer;Philippe Davy

  • Experimental channel response to tectonic uplift

    Jens M. Turowski;Dimitri Lague;Alain Crave;Niels Hovius

  • Fluvial incision into bedrock: Insights from morphometric analysis and numerical modeling of gorges incising glacial hanging valleys (Western Alps, France)

    Pierre G. Valla;Peter A. van der Beek;Dimitri Lague

  • Response of bedrock channel width to tectonic forcing: Insights from a numerical model, theoretical considerations, and comparison with field data

    Jens M. Turowski;Dimitri Lague;Niels Hovius

  • Estimating uplift rate and erodibility from the area-slope relationship: Examples from Brittany (France) and numerical modelling

    D Lague;P Davy;A Crave

  • HyLands 1.0: a hybrid landscape evolution model to simulate the impact of landslides and landslide-derived sediment on landscape evolution

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  • Seismic cycles, earthquakes, landslides and sediment fluxes: Linking tectonics to surface processes using a reduced-complexity model

    Thomas Croissant;Thomas Croissant;Philippe Steer;Dimitri Lague;Philippe Davy

  • Coulomb mechanics and relief constraints explain landslide size distribution

    Louise Jeandet;Philippe Steer;Dimitri Lague;Philippe Davy

  • River self-organisation inhibits discharge control on waterfall migration

    Edwin R. C. Baynes;Edwin R. C. Baynes;Dimitri Lague;Mikaël Attal;Aurélien Gangloff

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Davy
Philippe Davy University of Rennes
Niels Hovius
Niels Hovius University of Potsdam
Jens M. Turowski
Jens M. Turowski University of Potsdam
Jakob Wallinga
Jakob Wallinga Wageningen University & Research
Eric Gaume
Eric Gaume Université Gustave Eiffel
Tim Davies
Tim Davies University of Canterbury
Patrick Launeau
Patrick Launeau University of Nantes
Christophe Delacourt
Christophe Delacourt University of Western Brittany
Charles Perrin
Charles Perrin University of Paris-Saclay
Véronique Ducrocq
Véronique Ducrocq Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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