Jan Alexander

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• 2025

  Towards a new generation of fluvial facies models for the interpretation of ancient deposits, based on inter-annual peak discharge variance of modern rivers

  Fielding, C. R., Alexander, J. & Argiro, A., Jan 2025, In: Sedimentology. 72, 1, p. 275-329 55 p.

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• 2020

  Controls on channel deposits of highly variable rivers: Comparing hydrology and event deposits in the Burdekin River, Australia

  Alexander, J., Herbert, C., Fielding, C. R. & Amos, K. J., Aug 2020, In: Sedimentology. 67, 5, p. 2721-2746 26 p.

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• Unit bar architecture in a highly‐variable fluvial discharge regime: Examples from the Burdekin River, Australia

  Herbert, C. M., Alexander, J., Amos, K. J. & Fielding, C. R., Jan 2020, In: Sedimentology. 67, 1, p. 576-605 30 p.

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• 2018

  Bottomset architecture formed in the troughs of dunes and unit bars

  Herbert, C. M. & Alexander, J., 24 Apr 2018, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 88, 4, p. 522-553 12 p.

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  6 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Interpreting flash flood palaeoflow parameters from antidunes and gravel lenses: An example from Montserrat, West Indies

  Froude, M. J., Alexander, J., Barclay, J. & Cole, P., Dec 2017, In: Sedimentology. 64, 7, p. 1817–1845 29 p.

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• 2016

  Moving boulders in flash floods and estimating flow conditions using boulders in ancient deposits

  Alexander, J. & Cooker, M., Oct 2016, In: Sedimentology. 63, 6, p. 1582–1595 14 p.

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• 2015

  Back-flow ripples in troughs downstream of unit bars: Formation, preservation and value for interpreting flow conditions

  Herbert, C., Alexander, J. & Martinez De Alvaro, M., Dec 2015, In: Sedimentology. 62, 7, p. 1814–1836

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• 2013

  Variations in the architecture of hydraulic-jump bar complexes on non-eroding beds

  Macdonald, R. G., Alexander, J., Bacon, J. C. & Cooker, M. J., 1 Aug 2013, In: Sedimentology. 60, 5, p. 1291-1312 22 p.

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  14 Citations (Scopus)
• 2010

  Sediment-charged flash floods on Montserrat: The influence of synchronous tephra fall and varying extent of vegetation damage

  Alexander, J., Barclay, J., Susnik, J., Loughlin, S. C., Herd, R. A., Darnell, A. & Crosweller, S., 2010, In: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 194, 4, p. 127-138 12 p.

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  27 Citations (Scopus)

• The effects of grain-density variation on turbidity currents and some implications for the deposition of carbonate turbidites

  Hodson, J. M. & Alexander, J., 2010, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 80, 5-6, p. 515-528 14 p.

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  29 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Facies model for fluvial systems in the seasonal tropics and subtropics

  Fielding, C. R., Allen, J. P., Alexander, J. & Gibling, M. R., 2009, In: Geology. 37, 7, p. 623-626 4 p.

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  119 Citations (Scopus)

• Flow patterns, sedimentation and deposit architecture under a hydraulic jump on a non-eroding bed: Defining hydraulic-jump unit bars

  MacDonald, R. G., Alexander, J., Bacon, J. C. & Cooker, M. J., 2009, In: Sedimentology. 56, 5, p. 1346-1367 22 p.

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  36 Citations (Scopus)

• Sediment provenance in a tropical fluvial and marine context by magnetic 'fingerprinting' of transportable sand fractions

  Maher, B. A., Watkins, S. J., Brunskill, G., Alexander, J. & Fielding, C. R., Apr 2009, In: Sedimentology. 56, 3, p. 841-861 21 p.

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  73 Citations (Scopus)
• 2008

  Laboratory sustained turbidity currents form elongate ridges at channel mouths

  Alexander, J., McLelland, S. J., Gray, T. E., Vincent, C. E., Leeder, M. R. & Ellett, S., Aug 2008, In: Sedimentology. 55, 4, p. 845-868 24 p.

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  32 Citations (Scopus)
• 2007

  Rainfall-induced lahars in the Belham Valley, Montserrat, West Indies

  Barclay, J., Alexander, J. & Sušnik, J., 2007, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 164, 4, p. 815-827 13 p.

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  43 Citations (Scopus)
• 2006

  Coarse-grained floodplain deposits in the seasonal tropics: Towards a better facies model

  Alexander, J. & Fielding, C. R., 2006, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 76, 3-4, p. 539-556 18 p.

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  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Holocene depositional history of the Burdekin River Delta of northeastern Australia: A model for a low-accommodation, highstand delta

  Fielding, C. R., Trueman, J. D. & Alexander, J., Mar 2006, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 76, 3, p. 411-428 18 p.

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  73 Citations (Scopus)

• Longitudinal flow evolution and turbulence structure of dynamically similar, sustained, saline density and turbidity currents

  Gray, T. E., Alexander, J. & Leeder, M. R., Aug 2006, In: Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans. 111, C8

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• Sediment suspension dynamics and a new criterion for the maintenance of turbulent suspensions

  Leeder, M. R., Gray, T. E. & Alexander, J., 2006, In: Sedimentology. 52, 4, p. 683-691 9 p.

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  32 Citations (Scopus)
• 2005

  Quantifying velocity and turbulence structure in depositing sustained turbidity currents across breaks in slope

  Gray, T. E., Alexander, J. & Leeder, M. R., 2005, In: Sedimentology. 52, p. 467-488 22 p.

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  62 Citations (Scopus)

• Sharp-based, flood-dominated mouth bar sands from the Burdekin River Delta of northeastern Australia: Extending the spectrum of mouth bar facies, geometry and stacking patterns

  Fielding, C. R., Trueman, J. D. & Alexander, J., 2005, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 75, p. 55-66 12 p.

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  82 Citations (Scopus)
• 2004

  Supply limited sediment transport in a high-discharge event of the tropical Burdekin River, North Queensland, Australia

  Amos, K. J., Alexander, J., Horn, A., Pocock, G. D. & Fielding, C. R., 2004, In: Sedimentology. 51, 1, p. 145-162

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  72 Citations (Scopus)
• 2003

  Changes in flow direction at a point caused by obstacles during passage of a density current

  Morris, S. A. & Alexander, J., 2003, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 73, 4, p. 621-629 9 p.

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  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Sedimentology of the Late Quaternary Wadi Hasa Marl Formation of Central Jordan: a record of climate variability

  Moumani, K., Alexander, J. & Bateman, M. D., 2003, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 191, 2, p. 221-242 22 p.

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  25 Citations (Scopus)
• 2002

  Experimental quasi-steady density currents

  Alexander, J. & Mulder, T., 2002, In: Marine Geology. 186, 3-4, p. 195-210 16 p.

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  57 Citations (Scopus)

• Rainfall-induced volcanic activity on Montserrat

  Matthews, A. J., Barclay, J., Carn, S., Thompson, G., Alexander, J., Herd, R. & Williams, C., 2002, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 29, 13, p. 1644, 1-22

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• Variation in character and preservation potential of vegetation-induced obstacle marks in the variable discharge Burdekin River of north Queensland, Australia

  Nakayama, K., Fielding, C. R. & Alexander, J., 2002, In: Sedimentary Geology. 149, 4, p. 199-218 20 p.

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  48 Citations (Scopus)
• 2001

  Abrupt change in slope causes variation in the deposit thickness of concentrated particle-driven density currents

  Mulder, T. & Alexander, J., 2001, In: Marine Geology. 175, p. 221-235 15 p.

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  84 Citations (Scopus)

• Bedforms and associated sedimentary structures formed under supercritical water flows over aggrading sand beds

  Alexander, J., Bridge, J. S., Cheel, R. J. & Le Clair, S. F., Feb 2001, In: Sedimentology. 48, 1, p. 133-152 20 p.

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  222 Citations (Scopus)

• Fluvial geochemistry through a short-duration, tropical-cyclone induced discharge event in the Burdekin River and Hann Creek, North Queensland, Australia

  Alexander, J., Fielding, C. R., Wakefield, S. J., George, M. T. & Cottnam, C. F., 2001, In: Aquatic Geochemistry. 7, 4, p. 275-293 19 p.

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  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Fossil trees in ancient fluvial channel deposits: Evidence of seasonal and longer-term climatic variability

  Fielding, C. R. & Alexander, J., 2001, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 170, p. 59-80 22 p.

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• The physical character of subaqueous sedimentary density currents and their deposits

  Mulder, T. & Alexander, J., 2001, In: Sedimentology. 48, p. 269-299 31 p.

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  1469 Citations (Scopus)
• 2000

  Using experimental studies of recent faecal material to examine hyaena coprolites from the West Runton Freshwater Bed, Norfolk

  Larkin, N. R., Alexander, J. & Lewis, M. D., 2000, In: Journal of Archaeological Research. 27, 1, p. 19-31 13 p.

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  64 Citations (Scopus)
• 1999

  Flood behaviour of the Burdekin River, tropical north Queensland, Australia

  Alexander, J., Fielding, CR. & Pocock, GD., 1999, In: Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 163, p. 27-40 14 p.

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  42 Citations (Scopus)

• Plant-material deposition the tropical Burdekin River, Australia: Implications for ancient fluvial sediments

  Alexander, J., Fielding, C. R. & Jenkins, G., 1999, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 153, 1-4, p. 105-125 21 p.

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  41 Citations (Scopus)
• 1998

  Downstream changes of large-scale bed forms in turbidites around the Valencia channel mouth, north-west Mediterranean: Implications for palaeoflow reconstruction

  Morris, S. A., Kenyon, N. H., Limonov, A. F. & Alexander, J., Mar 1998, In: Sedimentology. 45, 2, p. 365-377 13 p.

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  63 Citations (Scopus)

• Large-scale structure of Calamus River deposits (braid bars, point bars, and channel fills) revealed using ground-penetrating radar

  Bridge, J. S., Collier, R. & Alexander, J., 1998, In: Sedimentology. 45, p. 977-986 10 p.

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• Turbidites around an active fault scarp on the Lower Valencia Fan, northwest Mediterranean

  Morris, S. A., Alexander, J., Kenyon, N. H. & Limonov, A. F., Dec 1998, In: Geo-Marine Letters. 18, 2, p. 165-171 7 p.

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  11 Citations (Scopus)
• 1997

  Alphabets and citations

  Alexander, J. & Andrews, J., 1997, In: Nature. 386, 6621, p. 112-113 2 p.

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• Gravel antidunes in the tropical Burdekin River, Queensland, Australia

  Alexander, J. & Fielding, C., 1997, In: Sedimentology. 44, 2, p. 327-337 11 p.

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  94 Citations (Scopus)

• Preservation of in situ, arborescent vegetation and fluvial bar construction in the Burdekin River of north Queensland, Australia

  Fielding, C. R., Alexander, J. & Newman-Sutherland, E., 1997, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 135, 1-4, p. 123-144 22 p.

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  67 Citations (Scopus)
• 1996

  Experimental turbidity currents entering density stratified water: Analogues for understanding turbidites in the Mediterranean Hypersaline anoxic basins

  Rimoldi, B., Alexander, J. & Morris, S., 1996, In: Sedimentology. 43, 3, p. 527-540 14 p.

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  46 Citations (Scopus)

• Sedimentology of the Upper Burdekin River of North Queensland, Australia - An example of a tropical, variable discharge river

  Fielding, C. R. & Alexander, J., Sept 1996, In: Terra Nova. 8, 5, p. 447-457 11 p.

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  56 Citations (Scopus)
• 1995

  Experiments on the behaviour of turbidity currents entering stratified water: To understand turbidites in the Mediterranean Hypersaline anoxic basins

  Rimoldi, B., Alexander, J. & Morris, S., 1995, In: Terra Nova. 7, p. 284 1 p.

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• Ground-penetrating radar and coring used to study the large-scale structure of point-bar deposits in 3 dimensions

  Bridge, J. S., Alexander, J., Collier, R. E. L., Gawthorpe, R. L. & Jarvis, J., 1995, In: Sedimentology. 42, 6, p. 839-852 14 p.

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  181 Citations (Scopus)
• 1994

  Holocene meander belt evolution in an extensional basin, SW Montana USA

  Alexander, J., Bridge, J. S., Leeder, M. R., Collier, R. E. L. & Gawthorpe, R. L., 15 Nov 1994, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 64, 4b, p. 542-559 18 p.

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  111 Citations (Scopus)

• Observations on experimental non-channelized turbidites: Thickness variations around obstacles

  Alexander, J. & Morris, S., 1994, In: Journal of Sedimentary Research. 64A, p. 899-909 11 p.

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  113 Citations (Scopus)
• 1992

  The nature and origin of a laterally extensive alluvial sandstone body in the Middle Jurassic Scalby Formation

  Alexander, J., 1992, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 149, p. 431-441 11 p.

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  24 Citations (Scopus)
• 1990

  Geomorphology and surface tilting in an active extensional basin, SW Montana, USA

  Alexander, J. & Leeder, M. R., Jun 1990, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 147, 3, p. 461-467 7 p.

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  28 Citations (Scopus)

• The origins of marine conglomerates in the Pindus Foreland Basin, Greece

  Alexander, J., Nichols, G. L. & Leigh, S., 1990, In: Sedimentary Geology. 66, 3-4, p. 243-254 12 p.

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  30 Citations (Scopus)