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Overview

Jeff Peakall is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom, specializing in research within Earth and Planetary Sciences alongside significant contributions in Engineering and Environmental Science. Their scholarly work spans various subfields, including Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Computational Mechanics, and Geophysics.

Their research addresses multiple main topics, notably:

  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications

Jeff Peakall has authored and contributed to a range of publications in well-known academic venues, with a consistent presence in Sedimentology. Other frequent publication venues include The Depositional Record, Frontiers in Earth Science, Chemical Engineering Science, and Geology.

Recent papers attributed to Peakall consist of the following:

  • "An integrated process-based model of flutes and tool marks in deep-water environments: Implications for palaeohydraulics, the Bouma sequence and hybrid event beds", 2020, Sedimentology

Although several other notable papers are frequently listed alongside, those are primarily led by other authors. Peakall often collaborates with a number of coauthors, including:

  • David M. Hodgson
  • Timothy N. Hunter
  • Gareth M. Keevil
  • Martyn Barnes
  • Jaco H. Baas

This collaboration network demonstrates a focus on sediment transport, depositional processes, and related geological phenomena. The coauthors have publication counts with Peakall ranging from nine to nineteen joint works, indicating sustained research partnerships over time.

Overall, their body of work reflects a multi-disciplinary approach at the intersection of geosciences and engineering disciplines, contributing to the understanding of sediment dynamics, earth-surface processes, and environmental interactions within marine and terrestrial contexts.

Best Publications

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs): Their past, present and future contributions to the advancement of marine geoscience

    Russell B. Wynn;Veerle A.I. Huvenne;Timothy P. Le Bas;Bramley J. Murton

  • A Process Model for the Evolution, Morphology, and Architecture of Sinuous Submarine Channels

    Jeff Peakall;Bill McCaffrey;Ben Kneller

  • Sinuous deep-water channels: Genesis, geometry and architecture

    Russell B. Wynn;Bryan T. Cronin;Jeff Peakall

  • Depositional processes, bedform development and hybrid bed formation in rapidly decelerated cohesive (mud–sand) sediment flows

    Jaco H. Baas;James L. Best;Jeffrey Peakall

  • Beds comprising debrite sandwiched within co-genetic turbidite: origin and widespread occurrence in distal depositional environments

    P. J. Talling;L. A. Amy;L. A. Amy;R. B. Wynn;J. Peakall

  • A Phase Diagram for Turbulent, Transitional, and Laminar Clay Suspension Flows

    Jaco H. Baas;James L. Best;Jeffrey Peakall;Mi Wang

  • The pervasive role of biological cohesion in bedform development

    Jonathan Malarkey;Jaco Baas;Julie Anne Hope;Rebecca Jane Aspden

  • Physical modelling in fluvial geomorphology: principles, applications and unresolved issues

    J. Peakall;Philip Ashworth;J.L. Best

  • Measuring flow velocity and sediment transport with an acoustic Doppler current profiler

    Ray Kostaschuk;James Leonard Best;Paul Villard;Jeff Peakall

  • Predicting bedforms and primary current stratification in cohesive mixtures of mud and sand

    Jaco H. Baas;James L. Best;Jeff Peakall

  • Meander-Bend Evolution, Alluvial Architecture, and the Role of Cohesion in Sinuous River Channels: A Flume Study

    Jeff Peakall;Philip J. Ashworth;James L. Best

  • Flow structure in sinuous submarine channels: Velocity and turbulence structure of an experimental submarine channel

    Gareth M. Keevil;Jeff Peakall;James Leonard Best;Kathryn J. Amos

  • Flow processes and sedimentation in submarine channel bends

    Jeff Peakall;Kathryn J. Amos;Gareth M. Keevil;P. William Bradbury

  • Transformation of debris flows into turbidity currents: mechanisms inferred from laboratory experiments

    M. Felix;J. Peakall

  • The role of biophysical cohesion on subaqueous bed form size.

    Daniel R. Parsons;Robert J. Schindler;Robert J. Schindler;Julie A. Hope;Jonathan Malarkey

  • The orientation of helical flow in curved channels

    Ransome K. T. Corney;Jeffrey Peakall;Daniel R. Parsons;Lionel Elliott

  • Whole flow field dynamics and velocity pulsing within natural sediment-laden underflows

    James L. Best;Ray A. Kostaschuk;Jeffrey Peakall;Paul V. Villard

  • Submarine channel flow processes and deposits: A process-product perspective

    Jeff Peakall;Esther J. Sumner;Esther J. Sumner

  • New insights into the morphology, fill, and remarkable longevity (>0.2 m.y.) of modern deep-water erosional scours along the northeast Atlantic margin

    Heather A. Macdonald;Heather A. Macdonald;Russell B. Wynn;Veerle A.I. Huvenne;Jeff Peakall

  • Sticky stuff: Redefining bedform prediction in modern and ancient environments

    Robert J. Schindler;Robert J. Schindler;Daniel R. Parsons;Leiping Ye;Julie A. Hope

  • Predicting bedforms and primary current stratification in cohesive mixtures of mud and sand

    J. Best;B. Jaco;J. Peakall

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel R. Parsons
Daniel R. Parsons University of Hull
James Leonard Best
James Leonard Best University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Simon Biggs
Simon Biggs University of Western Australia
Esther J. Sumner
Esther J. Sumner University of Southampton
Russell B. Wynn
Russell B. Wynn National Oceanography Centre
Jaco H. Baas
Jaco H. Baas Bangor University
David M. Hodgson
David M. Hodgson University of Leeds
Stephen E. Darby
Stephen E. Darby University of Southampton
Andrew J. Manning
Andrew J. Manning Plymouth University
Peter D. Thorne
Peter D. Thorne National Oceanography Centre

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