The phrase "a common phenomenon that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a statement or observation about something that frequently occurs or is widely recognized.
Example: "A common phenomenon that many people experience is the feeling of déjà vu."
Alternatives: "a frequent occurrence that" or "a typical event that".
Flood-induced scour is a common phenomenon that causes the loss of lateral support at bridge foundations.
The mixing and segregation of particles of various types in gas solid fluidized beds is a common phenomenon that is observed in experimental investigations.
Indeed, as Simon Wessely noted in a New England Journal of Medicine editorial: "Acute, short-term, epidemic anxiety is a common phenomenon that can affect normal people" and is "not associated with any major psychological or personality disturbance.
More difficult to discern, he said, were cases where a person joins a religious sect while in the early stages of developing psychosis, a common phenomenon that can require longer-term observation.
When collision accident between ships or between ship and offshore platform occurs, a common phenomenon that occurs in structures is the plastic deformation accompanied by a large strain such as fracture.
Seepage in contour ridge systems is a common phenomenon that can exacerbate soil erosion, however, the characteristics of soil erosion under seepage conditions in contour ridge systems are not clear.
In contrast, increased cell proliferation is a common phenomena that is associated with exposures to relatively high doses of toxic chemicals.
Depression is a relatively common phenomenon that afflicts over 300 million people worldwide and is closely linked with the neurotransmitter serotonin.
The involvement of TM3 in most GPCR activation processes is a very common phenomenon that has been extensively described in the literature.
Hybridization between species is a relatively common phenomenon that has been well documented in both animals [ 1] and plants [ 2] and may play an important role in the process of speciation.
RACE amplification of alternative, but similar ESTs is a quite common phenomenon, that could be responsible for the appearance of SNP-associated alternative tags (SAATs) in large SAGE databases [ 88].
