Large deltas, small deltas: Toward a more rigorous understanding of coastal marine deltas

J Syvitski, E Anthony, Y Saito, F Zăinescu, J Day… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Deltas are subaerial landforms that cap underlying deposits with subaqueous extensions
that result from a river feeding sediment directly into a standing body of water at a rate that …

Recent evolution of the Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady) Delta and the impacts of anthropogenic activities: A review and remote sensing survey

D Chen, X Li, Y Saito, JP Liu, Y Duan, L Zhang - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
Intensive studies have been conducted globally in the past decades to understand the
evolution of several large deltas. However, despite being one of the largest tropical deltas …

Joint strategic energy and river basin planning to reduce dam impacts on rivers in Myanmar

RJP Schmitt, N Kittner, GM Kondolf… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Tackling climate change and human development challenges will require major global
investments in renewable energy systems, including possibly into large hydropower …

What can we learn from X‐ray fluorescence core scanning data? A paleomonsoon case study

D Gebregiorgis, L Giosan, EC Hathorne… - Geochemistry …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
X‐ray fluorescence (XRF) core scanning of marine and lake sediments has been extensively
used to study changes in past environmental and climatic processes over a range of …

Persistent provenance of South Asian monsoon‐induced silicate weathering over the past 27 million years

S Ali, EC Hathorne, M Frank - Paleoceanography and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The development of the South Asian monsoon (SAM) and Himalaya‐Tibetan Plateau uplift
were closely intertwined with some studies suggesting that uplift initiated the monsoon …

Fate of Ayeyarwady and Thanlwin rivers sediments in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal

JP Liu, SA Kuehl, AC Pierce, J Williams, NE Blair… - Marine Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Collectively, the modern Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) and Thanlwin (Salween) rivers
deliver> 600 Mt/yr of sediment to the sea. To understand the fate of Ayeyarwady and …

Sustainability of fresh groundwater resources in fifteen major deltas around the world

J Van Engelen, GHPO Essink… - Environmental Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Population growth, urbanization and intensification of irrigated agriculture in the world's
deltas boost the demand for fresh water, with extensive groundwater extraction as a result …

Morphodynamic evolution of the macrotidal Sittaung River estuary, Myanmar: Tidal versus seasonal controls

K Choi, D Kim, J Jo - Marine Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
The inner part of a tide-dominated estuary is often typified by a tight meander bend, where
bedload transport from both upstream by river flows and downstream by flood tidal currents …

Overview of the Monsoon-influenced Ayeyarwady River delta, and delta shoreline mobility in response to changing fluvial sediment supply

EJ Anthony, M Besset, P Dussouillez, M Goichot… - Marine Geology, 2019 - Elsevier
A morpho-sedimentary analysis of the Ayeyarwady delta shoreline was conducted based on
a field mission in Myanmar in November 2016 and interpretation of satellite images …

[HTML][HTML] Short-term soil formation events in last glacial east European loess, evidence from multi-method luminescence dating

D Veres, V Tecsa, N Gerasimenko, C Zeeden… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Here we provide a robust luminescence chronology for Stayky (Ukraine), a reference profile
in European Late Pleistocene loess stratigraphy, based on optically stimulated …