Environmental signal propagation in sedimentary systems across timescales

BW Romans, S Castelltort, JA Covault, A Fildani… - Earth-Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Earth-surface processes operate across erosionally dominated landscapes and deliver
sediment to depositional systems that can be preserved over a range of timescales. The …

[HTML][HTML] Clinoforms and clinoform systems: Review and dynamic classification scheme for shorelines, subaqueous deltas, shelf edges and continental margins

S Patruno, W Helland-Hansen - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Clinoforms are inclined and normally basinward-dipping horizons developed over a range
of spatial and temporal scales in both siliciclastic and carbonatic systems. The study of …

Sediment delivery to sustain the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta under climate change and anthropogenic impacts

JL Raff, SL Goodbred Jr, JL Pickering… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The principal nature-based solution for offsetting relative sea-level rise in the Ganges-
Brahmaputra delta is the unabated delivery, dispersal, and deposition of the rivers'~ 1 billion …

Flux and fate of Yangtze River sediment delivered to the East China Sea

JP Liu, KH Xu, AC Li, JD Milliman, DM Velozzi, SB Xiao… - Geomorphology, 2007 - Elsevier
Numerous cores and dating show the Yangtze River has accumulated about 1.16× 1012 t
sediment in its delta plain and proximal subaqueous delta during Holocene. High-resolution …

Deltas

JP Bhattacharya - 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Deltas are discrete shoreline protuberances formed where a river enters a standing body of
water and supplies sediments more rapidly than they can be redistributed by basinal …

Holocene development of the Yellow River's subaqueous delta, North Yellow Sea

JP Liu, JD Milliman, S Gao, P Cheng - Marine geology, 2004 - Elsevier
High-resolution seismic profiles from the North Yellow Sea reveal a 20–40-m-thick
subaqueous clinoform delta that wraps around the eastern end of the Shandong Peninsula …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative characterisation of deltaic and subaqueous clinoforms

S Patruno, GJ Hampson, CAL Jackson - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Clinoforms are ubiquitous deltaic, shallow-marine and continental-margin depositional
morphologies, occurring over a range of spatial scales (1–10 4 m in height). Up to four types …

The significance of large sediment supply, active tectonism, and eustasy on margin sequence development: Late Quaternary stratigraphy and evolution of the Ganges …

SL Goodbred Jr, SA Kuehl - Sedimentary Geology, 2000 - Elsevier
Borehole data from the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta system unveil an intriguing Late
Quaternary history controlled by immense sediment discharge, tectonics, and eustasy. Sea …

Hyperpycnal rivers and prodeltaic shelves in the Cretaceous seaway of North America

JP Bhattacharya… - Journal of …, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Despite the historical assumption that the bulk of marine “shelf” mud is deposited by gradual
fallout from suspension in quiet water, recent studies of modern muddy shelves and their …

The Bengal Fan: morphology, geometry, stratigraphy, history and processes

JR Curray, FJ Emmel, DG Moore - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2002 - Elsevier
The Bengal Fan is the largest submarine fan in the world, with a length of about 3000 km, a
width of about 1000 km and a maximum thickness of 16.5 km. It has been formed as a direct …