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Overview

Kehui Xu is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. The research focus includes several subfields such as Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work spans a variety of topics related to coastal and marine environments, with particular attention to sediment dynamics and ecosystem responses. Key research topics include:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Kehui Xu has published articles in several notable scientific journals, highlighting ongoing contributions to geomorphology and marine science fields. Frequent publication venues encompass:

  • Geomorphology
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • Water
  • Marine Geology
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

Some recent papers illustrate the scope and subjects addressed in the scientist's research:

  • Role of delta-front erosion in sustaining salt marshes under sea-level rise and fluvial sediment decline, 2020, Limnology and Oceanography
  • Land loss due to human-altered sediment budget in the Mississippi River Delta, 2023, Nature Sustainability
  • Comparing the Yangtze and Mississippi River Deltas in the light of coupled natural-human dynamics: Lessons learned and implications for management, 2021, Geomorphology
  • Declining Sediment Discharge in the Yangtze River From 1956 to 2017: Spatial and Temporal Changes and Their Causes, 2021, Water Resources Research
  • Different fates of the Yangtze and Mississippi deltaic wetlands under similar riverine sediment decline and sea-level rise, 2021, Geomorphology

Collaboration plays a significant role in this scientist's work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Samuel J. Bentley
  • Z. George Xue
  • Benwei Shi
  • Navid H. Jafari
  • Jeffrey Obelcz

Best Publications

  • Flux and fate of Yangtze River sediment delivered to the East China Sea

    J. P. Liu;K. H. Xu;A. C. Li;J. D. Milliman

  • 50,000 dams later: Erosion of the Yangtze River and its delta

    S.L. Yang;J.D. Milliman;P. Li;K. Xu

  • Sedimentary features of the Yangtze River-derived along-shelf clinoform deposit in the East China Sea

    J.P. Liu;A.C. Li;K.H. Xu;D.M. Velozzi

  • Dam impacts on the Changjiang (Yangtze) River sediment discharge to the sea: The past 55 years and after the Three Gorges Dam

    Z. Yang;H. Wang;Y. Saito;J. D. Milliman

  • Climatic and anthropogenic factors affecting river discharge to the global ocean, 1951–2000

    John D. Milliman;K.L. Farnsworth;P.D. Jones;K.H. Xu

  • Seasonal variations of sediment discharge from the Yangtze River before and after impoundment of the Three Gorges Dam

    Kehui Xu;John D. Milliman

  • Downstream sedimentary and geomorphic impacts of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River

    S.L. Yang;J.D. Milliman;K.H. Xu;B. Deng

  • Decline of Yangtze River water and sediment discharge: Impact from natural and anthropogenic changes.

    S. L. Yang;K. H. Xu;J. D. Milliman;H. F. Yang

  • Changing pattern of accretion/erosion of the modern Yellow River (Huanghe) subaerial delta, China : Based on remote sensing images

    Z.X. Chu;X.G. Sun;S.K. Zhai;K.H. Xu

  • Human impacts on sediment in the Yangtze River: A review and new perspectives

    H.F. Yang;H.F. Yang;S.L. Yang;K.H. Xu;J.D. Milliman

  • Yangtze- and Taiwan-derived sediments on the inner shelf of East China Sea

    Kehui Xu;John D. Milliman;Anchun Li;J. Paul Liu

  • Provenance, structure, and formation of the mud wedge along inner continental shelf of the East China Sea: A synthesis of the Yangtze dispersal system

    Kehui Xu;Anchun Li;J. Paul Liu;John D. Milliman

  • Flux and fate of small mountainous rivers derived sediments into the Taiwan Strait

    J. P. Liu;C. S. Liu;K. H. Xu;J. D. Milliman

  • Temporal trend of precipitation and runoff in major Chinese Rivers since 1951

    Kehui Xu;John D. Milliman;Hui Xu

  • Co-evolution of wetland landscapes, flooding, and human settlement in the Mississippi River Delta Plain

    Robert R. Twilley;Samuel J. Bentley;Qin Chen;Douglas A. Edmonds

  • Increased contribution of terrigenous supply from Taiwan to the northern South China Sea since 3 Ma

    Shiming Wan;Anchun Li;Peter D. Clift;Shiguo Wu

  • Spatial, Temporal, and Human-Induced Variations in Suspended Sediment Concentration in the Surface Waters of the Yangtze Estuary and Adjacent Coastal Areas

    P. Li;P. Li;S. L. Yang;J. D. Milliman;K. H. Xu

  • Yangtze sediment decline partly from Three Gorges Dam

    Kehui Xu;John D. Milliman;Zuosheng Yang;Houjie Wang

  • Role of delta-front erosion in sustaining salt marshes under sea-level rise and fluvial sediment decline

    Shi Lun Yang;Xiangxin Luo;Stijn Temmerman;Matthew Kirwan

  • A quantitative assessment of human impacts on decrease in sediment flux from major Chinese rivers entering the western Pacific Ocean

    Z. X. Chu;S. K. Zhai;X. X. Lu;J. P. Liu

  • Concentrations and Sources of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Surface Coastal Sediments of the Northern Gulf of Mexico

    Zucheng Wang;Zucheng Wang;Zhanfei Liu;Kehui Xu;Lawrence M Mayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel J. Bentley
Samuel J. Bentley Louisiana State University
John D. Milliman
John D. Milliman William & Mary
Shilun Yang
Shilun Yang East China Normal University
Zuosheng Yang
Zuosheng Yang Ocean University of China
Anchun Li
Anchun Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chunyan Li
Chunyan Li Louisiana State University
Katja Fennel
Katja Fennel Dalhousie University
Shiming Wan
Shiming Wan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs
Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Robert R. Twilley
Robert R. Twilley Louisiana State University

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