Architecture and depositional style of fluvial systems before land plants: a comparison of Precambrian, early Paleozoic, and modern river deposits

DGF Long - 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
As rooted vascular plants were not a significant factor in controlling bank stability or surface
runoff before the late Silurian, it is not surprising that many modern humid and temperate …

Paleozoic vegetation and the Siluro-Devonian rise of fluvial lateral accretion sets

NS Davies, MR Gibling - Geology, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A long-standing hypothesis links the increased prominence of meandering rivers in the
middle Paleozoic to the colonization of terrestrial environments by vegetation. This …

Tectonics and sedimentation in a paleo/mesoproterozoic rift-sag basin (Espinhaço basin, southeastern Brazil)

MA Martins-Neto - Precambrian Research, 2000 - Elsevier
Sedimentologic, paleogeographic, stratigraphic, structural and tectonic studies in a paleo/
mesoproterozoic metasedimentary succession (Espinhaço Megasequence, southeastern …

Composition and weathering conditions of Paleoproterozoic upper crust of Bundelkhand craton, Central India: Records from geochemistry of clastic sediments of 1.9 …

N Absar, M Raza, M Roy, SM Naqvi, AK Roy - Precambrian Research, 2009 - Elsevier
The 1.9 Ga Gwalior Group represents one of the major Paleoproterozoic depositional basin
of Bundelkhand craton and is comprised of∼ 1km thick unmetamorphosed and undeformed …

Secular changes in sedimentation systems and sequence stratigraphy

PG Eriksson, S Banerjee, O Catuneanu… - Gondwana …, 2013 - Elsevier
The ephemeral nature of most sedimentation processes and the fragmentary character of
the sedimentary record are of first-order importance. Despite a basic uniformity of external …

Sedimentation patterns during the Precambrian: A unique record?

PK Bose, PG Eriksson, S Sarkar, DT Wright… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2012 - Elsevier
Although the similarities between depositional processes and products as well as the
analogous controls on basin-filling and evolution appear to have enjoyed great uniformity …

River meandering on Earth and Mars: A comparative study of Aeolis Dorsa meanders, Mars and possible terrestrial analogs of the Usuktuk River, AK, and the Quinn …

Y Matsubara, AD Howard, DM Burr, RME Williams… - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
The paleo-meanders in the Aeolis Dorsa (AD) region show that meandering channels can
develop in the absence of vegetation. Three possible mechanisms other than vegetation …

Muddy roll-up structures in siliciclastic interdune beds of the c. 1.8 Ga Waterberg Group, South Africa

PG Eriksson, EL Simpson, KA Eriksson… - …, 2000 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Concentrically rolled-up silty mudrock laminae, 1–2 mm thick, are found in the uppermost of
four, 40–110 cm thick interdune beds within a thick aeolian succession of the c. 1.8 Ga …

Witwatersrand gold fields: geology, genesis, and exploration

GN Phillips, JDM Law - 2000 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Witwatersrand gold fields of South Africa account for more than a third of the world's
total gold production since mining started there in 1886: 48,000 t Au. These gold fields …

Proterozoic sedimentation and volcanism in the Singhbhum crustal province, India and their implications

R Mazumder - Sedimentary Geology, 2005 - Elsevier
The Proterozoic volcano-sedimentary succession comprising successively younger
Dhanjori, Chaibasa, Dhalbhum, Dalma and Chandil Formations of the Singhbhum crustal …