Fluvial geomorphic elements in modern sedimentary basins and their potential preservation in the rock record: a review

GS Weissmann, AJ Hartley, LA Scuderi, GJ Nichols… - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
Since tectonic subsidence in sedimentary basins provides the potential for long-term facies
preservation into the sedimentary record, analysis of geomorphic elements in modern …

Quantification of a distributive fluvial system: the Salt Wash DFS of the Morrison Formation, SW USA

A Owen, GJ Nichols, AJ Hartley… - Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Recent analysis of modern aggradational continental sedimentary basins reveals that
sedimentation patterns are dominated by distributive fluvial systems (DFSs). The Salt Wash …

Recognition and importance of amalgamated sandy meander belts in the continental rock record

AJ Hartley, A Owen, A Swan, GS Weissmann… - …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Meandering fluvial channels and their meander belts are common in modern continental
sedimentary basins, yet compose a minor constituent of the reported fluvial rock record …

Vertical trends within the prograding Salt Wash distributive fluvial system, SW United States

A Owen, GJ Nichols, AJ Hartley, GS Weissmann - Basin Research, 2017 - earthdoc.org
Progradation is an important mechanism through which sedimentary systems fill
sedimentary basins. Although a general progradational pattern is recognized in many …

Medial and Distal Portions of Distributive Fluvial System: Case study of the Rio do Rasto Formation (Paraná Basin, south Brazil)

PL de Lima, CMS Scherer, MO Manna… - Journal of South …, 2024 - Elsevier
In distributive fluvial systems (DFS), architectural variations occur from proximal to distal
regions, characterized by a decrease in channel size, depth, and fluvial flow downstream …

Stratigraphic complexity in fluvial fans: Lower Eocene Green River Formation, Uinta Basin, USA

J Wang, P Plink‐Björklund - Basin Research, 2019 - earthdoc.org
In this study, measured outcrop sections and geolocated photomosaics are integrated with
areal mapping of channel dimensions, degree of amalgamation, calculations of channel‐to …

Fluvial sinuous ridges of the Morrison Formation, USA: Meandering, scarp retreat, and implications for Mars

AT Hayden, MP Lamb - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sinuous ridges have been interpreted as evidence for ancient rivers on Mars, but relating
ridge geometry to paleo‐hydraulics remains uncertain. Three analog ridge systems from the …

Paleohydraulic analysis of an ancient distributive fluvial system

AJ Hartley, A Owen - Journal of Sedimentary Research, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Reconstructing the paleohydraulics of ancient fluvial systems has important implications
when determining channel-body dimensions in the subsurface as well as aiding source-to …

Reconstruction of a sandy point‐bar deposit: implications for fluvial facies analysis

A Swan, AJ Hartley, A Owen… - Fluvial Meanders and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The Salt Wash distributive fluvial system (DFS) of the Upper Jurassic Morrison
Formation consists of stacked fluvial channel bodies interbedded with overbank deposits …

Predicting sediment discharges and erosion rates in deep time—examples from the late Cretaceous North American continent

SJ Lyster, AC Whittaker, PA Allison, DJ Lunt… - Basin …, 2020 - earthdoc.org
Depositional stratigraphy represents the only physical archive of palaeo‐sediment routing
and this limits analysis of ancient source‐to‐sink systems in both space and time. Here, we …