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D-Index
33
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8164
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Robert H. Meade publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert H. Meade sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 78 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Robert H. Meade D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Robert H. Meade sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert H. Meade is a researcher affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their work spans multiple aspects of earth sciences, with a focus on geological formations, hydrology, and sediment transport processes.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, Robert H. Meade has contributed research to specific subfields such as:

  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology

The focus of their research also encompasses several central topics:

  • Geological formations and processes
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Robert H. Meade's publication record includes work in the journal Large Rivers, where they have published research relevant to their fields of expertise.

One recent publication authored by Robert H. Meade is:

  • "Transcontinental Moving and Storage: The Orinoco and Amazon Rivers Transfer the Andes to the Atlantic" (2022), published in Large Rivers

Their contributions to scientific knowledge in these areas have gained recognition, including election as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1992.

Best Publications

  • World-Wide Delivery of River Sediment to the Oceans

    John D. Milliman;Robert H. Meade

  • Storage and remobilization of suspended sediment in the lower amazon river of Brazil

    Robert H. Meade;Thomas Dunne;Jeffrey E. Richey;Umberto De M. Santos

  • Sources, Sinks, and Storage of River Sediment in the Atlantic Drainage of the United States

    Robert H. Meade

  • Exchanges of sediment between the flood plain and channel of the Amazon River in Brazil

    Thomas Dunne;Leal A. K. Mertes;Robert H. Meade;Jeffrey E. Richey

  • Causes for the decline of suspended‐sediment discharge in the Mississippi River system, 1940–2007

    Robert H. Meade;John A. Moody

  • Movement and storage of sediment in rivers of the United States and Canada

    Robert H. Meade;Ted R. Yuzyk;Terry J. Day

  • Landward Transport of Bottom Sediments in Estuaries of the Atlantic Coastal Plain

    Robert H. Meade

  • River-Sediment Inputs to Major Deltas

    Robert H. Meade

  • Water Discharge and Suspended Sediment Concentrations in the Amazon River: 1982–1984

    Jeffrey E. Richey;Robert H. Meade;Eneas Salati;Allan H. Devol

  • Transport and Deposition of Sediments in Estuaries

    Robert H. Meade

  • Backwater effects in the Amazon River basin of Brazil

    Robert H. Meade;José M. Rayol;Sylvio C. Da Conceicão;José R. G. Natividade

  • Environmental and hydrologic overview of the Yukon River basin, Alaska and Canada

    Timothy P. Brabets;Bronwen Wang;Robert H. Meade

  • First-Cycle Quartz Arenites in the Orinoco River Basin, Venezuela and Colombia

    Mark J. Johnsson;Robert F. Stallard;Robert H. Meade

  • Suspended sediments of the modern Amazon and Orinoco rivers

    Robert H. Meade

  • Sediment loads in the Amazon River

    Robert H. Meade;Carl F. Nordin;William F. Curtis;Flavio M. Costa Rodrigues

  • Evolution of cutoffs across meander necks in Powder River, Montana, USA

    Holly A. Martinson

  • Regional controls on geomorphology, hydrology, and ecosystem integrity in the Orinoco Delta, Venezuela

    Andrew G. Warne;Robert H. Meade;William A. White;Edgar H. Guevara

  • Suspended sediment in the Amazon River and its tributaries in Brazil during 1982-84

    R.H. Meade

  • Movement and Storage of Sediment in River Systems

    Robert H. Meade

  • Ontogeny of a flood plain

    John A. Moody;James E. Pizzuto;Robert H. Meade

  • Factors Influencing the Early Stages of the Compaction of Clays and Sands--Review

    Robert H. Meade

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Moody
John A. Moody United States Geological Survey
Jeffrey E. Richey
Jeffrey E. Richey University of Washington
James E. Pizzuto
James E. Pizzuto University of Delaware
Thomas Dunne
Thomas Dunne University of California, Santa Barbara
John D. Milliman
John D. Milliman William & Mary
Robert F. Stallard
Robert F. Stallard Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Bruce R. Forsberg
Bruce R. Forsberg National Institute of Amazonian Research
Blair F. Jones
Blair F. Jones United States Geological Survey
Gerard C. Bond
Gerard C. Bond Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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