Submarine channel flow processes and deposits: A process-product perspective

J Peakall, EJ Sumner - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
Process-product studies have been central to the development of process sedimentology
over the past few decades, with the ability to first measure flows, and then examine the …

Key future directions for research on turbidity currents and their deposits

PJ Talling, J Allin, DA Armitage… - Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Turbidity currents, and other types of submarine sediment density flow, redistribute more
sediment across the surface of the Earth than any other sediment flow process, yet their …

Submarine channel initiation, filling and maintenance from sea‐floor geomorphology and morphodynamic modelling of cyclic steps

JA Covault, S Kostic, CK Paull, HF Ryan… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in acoustic imaging of submarine canyons and channels have provided accurate
renderings of sea‐floor geomorphology. Still, a fundamental understanding of channel …

Rapid adjustment of submarine channel architecture to changes in sediment supply

ZR Jobe, Z Sylvester, AO Parker… - Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Changes in sediment supply and caliber during the last∼ 130 ka have resulted in a complex
architectural evolution of the Y channel system on the western Niger Delta slope. This …

How typhoons trigger turbidity currents in submarine canyons

OE Sequeiros, M Bolla Pittaluga, A Frascati, C Pirmez… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Intense turbidity currents occur in the Malaylay Submarine Canyon off the northern coast of
Mindoro Island in the Philippines. They start in very shallow waters at the shelf break and …

The stratigraphic evolution of a submarine channel: linking seafloor dynamics to depositional products

SM Hubbard, ZR Jobe, BW Romans… - Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We investigate the relationship between the cross-sectional geomorphic expression of a
submarine channel as observed on the seafloor and the stratigraphic product of long-lived …

CFD-DEM modeling of turbidity current propagation in channels with two different topographic configurations

Y Lu, X Liu, J Sun, X Xie, D Li, X Guo - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Submarine turbidity currents are a special type of sediment gravity flow responsible for
turbidite deposits, attracting great interests from scientists and engineers in marine and …

Facies architecture of submarine channel deposits on the western Niger Delta slope: Implications for grain‐size and density stratification in turbidity currents

Z Jobe, Z Sylvester, M Bolla Pittaluga… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
High‐resolution bathymetry, seismic reflection, and piston core data from a submarine
channel on the western Niger Delta slope demonstrate that thick, coarse‐grained …

High-resolution, millennial-scale patterns of bed compensation on a sand-rich intraslope submarine fan, western Niger Delta slope

ZR Jobe, Z Sylvester, N Howes, C Pirmez… - …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Near-seafloor core and seismic reflection-data from the western Niger Delta continental
slope document the facies, architecture, and evolution of submarine channel and intraslope …

Typhoon-induced megarips as triggers of turbidity currents offshore tropical river deltas

G Porcile, M Bolla Pittaluga, A Frascati… - … Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Tropical cyclones impose stresses on narrow and shallow continental shelves. The
interaction of strong wind-and wave-induced currents with the local topography near the …