Abstract The Mississippi River fluvial–marine sediment-dispersal system (MRS) has become
the focus of renewed research during the past decade, driven by the recognition that the …

The response of continental-scale drainage systems to short-term (ie, millennial-scale)
climate change is unknown but has wide implications for understanding climate feedbacks …

The period in the Upper Mississippi Valley (UMV) from about 25 000 years BP until the time
of strong human influence on the landscape beginning about 150–200 years ago can be …

Abstract The northwestern Gulf of Mexico Basin is an ideal natural laboratory to study and
understand source-to-sink systems. An extensive grid of high-resolution seismic data …

The alluvial fill in the Upper Mississippi River Valley (UMV) is a palimpsest of past
landscapes, environments, and physical evidence of human life ways. The valley has …

Abstract Before 1900, the Missouri–Mississippi River system transported an estimated 400
million metric tons per year of sediment from the interior of the United States to coastal …

Understanding the time scales and pathways for response and recovery of rivers and
floodplains to episodic changes in erosion and sedimentation has been a long standing …

Abstract The Missouri River has had a long history of anthropogenic modification with
considerable impacts on river and riparian ecology, form, and function. During the 20th …

Abstract The Mississippi River served as the principal conduit for meltwaters discharging
from the southern margins of North American ice sheets. The northern half of the Mississippi …

Prior to cultural development in the Mississippi River Basin, the main stem was a heavy
sediment carrier due to the character of the climate and soils in the basin. The placement of …