Fluvial form in modern continental sedimentary basins: distributive fluvial systems

GS Weissmann, AJ Hartley, GJ Nichols… - …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Analysis of more than 700 modern continental sedimentary basins that are both
endorheic (internally drained) and exorheic (externally drained) and cover a wide range of …

Fluvial geomorphic elements in modern sedimentary basins and their potential preservation in the rock record: a review

GS Weissmann, AJ Hartley, LA Scuderi, GJ Nichols… - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
Since tectonic subsidence in sedimentary basins provides the potential for long-term facies
preservation into the sedimentary record, analysis of geomorphic elements in modern …

Large distributive fluvial systems: characteristics, distribution, and controls on development

AJ Hartley, GS Weissmann… - Journal of …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
An analysis of remotely sensed imagery reveals that fluvial planform geometries within
aggrading continental areas are dominated by distributive fluvial systems (DFSs). We …

Large rivers, megafans and other Quaternary avulsive fluvial systems: A potential “who's who” in the geological record

EM Latrubesse - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
An important discussion has recently called the attention of sedimentologists and
geomorphologists to the dominant fluvial styles preserved in the geological record. While …

Prograding distributive fluvial systems—geomorphic models and ancient examples

GS Weissmann, AJ Hartley, LA Scuderi, GJ Nichols… - 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recent work indicates that most modern continental sedimentary basins are filled primarily
by distributive fluvial systems (DFS). In this article we use depositional environment …

Tributary, distributary and other fluvial patterns: What really represents the norm in the continental rock record?

CR Fielding, PJ Ashworth, JL Best, EW Prokocki… - Sedimentary …, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper evaluates the recent claim made by Weissmann et al.(2010) that deposits of
“Distributive Fluvial Systems”(DFS) may form the bulk of the continental fluvial record …

Quantification of a distributive fluvial system: the Salt Wash DFS of the Morrison Formation, SW USA

A Owen, GJ Nichols, AJ Hartley… - Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recent analysis of modern aggradational continental sedimentary basins reveals that
sedimentation patterns are dominated by distributive fluvial systems (DFSs). The Salt Wash …

Geomorphic elements on modern distributive fluvial systems

SK Davidson, AJ Hartley, GS Weissmann, GJ Nichols… - Geomorphology, 2013 - Elsevier
Analysis of over 400 fluvial megafans (> 30km in length) in aggradational continental
sedimentary basins reveals that geomorphic channel and floodplain changes on these …

Connecting the backwater hydraulics of coastal rivers to fluvio-deltaic sedimentology and stratigraphy

AM Fernandes, TE Törnqvist, KM Straub… - …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fluvial channels encounter a backwater reach when they approach a standing body of
water, and recent studies have shown that the transition from normal flow to backwater …

Processes, facies and architecture of fluvial distributary system deposits

GJ Nichols, JA Fisher - Sedimentary geology, 2007 - Elsevier
There is evidence from the stratigraphic record of examples of fluvial deposits that were the
products of deposition from river systems which had decreasing discharge down-flow and …