MIN-SIK KIM

Research Projects

Explore my research projects in Earth Surface Processes, Morphodynamics, and Geomorphology.

• Delta Morphodynamics and Restoration

  • 1. Effect of delta bottomset on deltaic land building

    Related Publication(s):

    • Kim, M., Kim, W., & Nahm, W-H. (2022). The effect of bottomset on fluviodeltaic land-building process: Numerical modelling and physical experiment. Basin Research, 34, 1763-780. (DOI: 10.1111/bre.12684)

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  • 2. Enhanced mud retention and sustained delta growth

    Related Publication(s):

    • Kim, M., Chun, B., Chamberlain, E. and Kim, W. (2024). Enhanced mud retention as an autogenic mechanism for sustained delta growth: Insight from records of the Lafourche subdelta of the Mississippi River. Sedimentology. (DOI: 10.1111/sed.13230)

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  • 3. Quantitative investigation on sediment retention fraction: Delft3D

• Meandering River Dynamics

  • 1. Levee prevalence in backwater zones

    Related Publication(s):

    • Wu, C., Kim, M., & Kim, W. (2023). Natural levees increase in prevalence in the backwater zone: Coastal Trinity River, Texas, USA: COMMENT. Geology, 51(6), e564-e564.

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  • 2. Cutoff dynamics in meandering rivers

• Exploratory projects

  • 1. Antropocence

    Related Publication(s):

    • Nahm, W., Kim, W., Kim, M., Park, BS., Han, M., Kim, S., Lim, HS., Choi,, J., Jun, C. (2024). The potential of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) layers as Anthropocene strata. Episodes, 47, 179-186.

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  • 2. Rift basin filling model

    Related Publication(s):

    • Kim, W., Lee, J., Lee, Y., Kim, M., and Shin, H., 2024, A coupled model for rift basin evolution: Interactions of tectonics, sea-level cycle, and sediment network: Journal of Sedimentary Research (in review)

  • 3. Flocculation experiment

    Related Publication(s):

    • Kim, W., Kim, M., Zhou, C., Zhang, Z., Yuan, X., Zhang, J., Olariu, C., Steel, R., and Strom, K., 2024, Flocculation, Gravity flows, and Total Organic Carbon Hotspots: Journal of Sedimentary Research, (in review)

  • 2. River confluence delta's dynamic equilibrium

    Related Publication(s):

    • Kim, M., Shin, H., Nahm, W. H., & Kim, W. (2023). Dynamic Equilibrium Position Prediction Model for the Confluence Area of Nakdong River. Economic and Environmental Geology, 56(4), 435-445.

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