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 …

Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars

JP Grotzinger, S Gupta, MC Malin, DM Rubin… - Science, 2015 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Remote observational data suggest that large bodies of standing water
existed on the surface of Mars in its early history. This would have required a much wetter …

Considering river structure and stability in the light of evolution: feedbacks between riparian vegetation and hydrogeomorphology

D Corenblit, NS Davies, J Steiger… - Earth Surface …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
River ecological functioning can be conceptualized according to a fourdimensional
framework, based on the responses of aquatic and riparian communities to …

Investigating D evonian trees as geoengineers of past climates: linking palaeosols to palaeobotany and experimental geobiology

JL Morris, JR Leake, WE Stein, CM Berry… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We present the rationale for a crossdisciplinary investigation addressing the 'D evonian
plant hypothesis' which proposes that the evolutionary appearance of trees with deep …

Fluvial islands: First stage of development from nonmigrating (forced) bars and woody-vegetation interactions

CL Wintenberger, S Rodrigues, JG Bréhéret, M Villar - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
Fluvial islands can develop from the channel bed by interactions between pioneer trees and
bars. Although vegetation recruitment and survival is possible on all bar types, it is easier for …

Could landbased early photosynthesizing ecosystems have bioengineered the planet in midPalaeozoic times?

D Edwards, L Cherns, JA Raven - Palaeontology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Ordovician and Silurian periods were times of major geological activity as
regards palaeogeography, volcanism and climate change, the last of these evidenced by a …

The signature of randomness in riparian plant root distributions

S Tron, P Perona, L Gorla, M Schwarz… - Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Known as “the hidden half”, plant roots are fundamental contributors to the riparian
ecosystem functioning. Roots show an extraordinary architectural complexity that recalls …

Driftcretions: The legacy impacts of driftwood on shoreline morphology

N Kramer, E Wohl - Geophysical Research Letters, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This research demonstrates how vegetation interacts with physical processes to govern
landscape development. We quantify and describe interactions among driftwood …

Middle Moscovian climate of eastern equatorial Pangea recorded in paleosols and fluvial architecture

S Opluštil, R Lojka, NA Rosenau, L Strnad… - Palaeogeography …, 2015 - Elsevier
Fluvial architecture in conjunction with the morphology, petrographical, mineralogical and
geochemical composition of intercalated paleosols of the Middle Moscovian upper Radnice …

Riparian vegetation as indicator of channel adjustments and environmental conditions: the case of the Panaro River (Northern Italy)

B Gumiero, M Rinaldi, B Belletti, D Lenzi, G Puppi - Aquatic sciences, 2015 - Springer
Disturbances affecting flow and sediment transport regimes (eg dams, diversions, gravel
mining, weirs, bank reinforcements, climate changes) can promote riverbed degradation and …