Amplification of downstream flood stage due to damming of fine-grained rivers

H Ma, JA Nittrouer, X Fu, G Parker, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
River dams provide many benefits, including flood control. However, due to constantly
evolving channel morphology, downstream conveyance of floodwaters following dam …

[HTML][HTML] Extremes in dune preservation: Controls on the completeness of fluvial deposits

AJH Reesink, JH Van den Berg, DR Parsons… - Earth-Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
Understanding sedimentary preservation underpins our ability to interpret the ancient
sedimentary record and reconstruct paleoenvironments and paleoclimates. Dune sets are …

The exceptional sediment load of fine-grained dispersal systems: Example of the Yellow River, China

H Ma, JA Nittrouer, K Naito, X Fu, Y Zhang… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
Sedimentary dispersal systems with fine-grained beds are common, yet the physics of
sediment movement within them remains poorly constrained. We analyze sediment transport …

River organic carbon fluxes modulated by hydrodynamic sorting of particulate organic matter

M Repasch, JS Scheingross, N Hovius… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rivers regulate the global carbon cycle by transferring particulate organic carbon (POC)
from terrestrial landscapes to marine sedimentary basins, but the processes controlling the …

The lithofacies organization of fluvial channel deposits: a meta-analysis of modern rivers

L Colombera, NP Mountney - Sedimentary Geology, 2019 - Elsevier
Environmental interpretations of subsurface fluvial successions are commonly based on
facies observations from core and are often attempted by generalist geologists by reference …

Conserving the Paraguay-Paraná fluvial corridor in the XXI century: conflicts, threats, and challenges

CRM Baigún, PG Minotti - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Paraguay-Paraná river system represents a unique, free-flowing corridor that extends
about 3500 km southwards from the Pantanal to the Rio de la Plata estuary, crossing four …

Universal relation with regime transition for sediment transport in fine-grained rivers

H Ma, JA Nittrouer, B Wu, MP Lamb… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Fine-grained sediment (grain size under 2,000 μm) builds floodplains and deltas, and
shapes the coastlines where much of humanity lives. However, a universal, physically based …

Describing fluvial systems: Linking processes to deposits and stratigraphy

JIM Best, CR Fielding - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2019 - lyellcollection.org
The period since the 1960s witnessed significant progress in our ability to decipher the
clastic rock record from a wide range of sedimentary environments, and spanning many …

An integrated sedimentary systems analysis of the Río Bermejo (Argentina): megafan character in the overfilled Southern Chaco foreland basin

MM McGlue, PH Smith, H Zani… - Journal of …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Chaco foreland is well known for its spectacular fluvial megafans, and this basin
frequently serves as a modern analog for studies that use the geological record to …

Lithospheric flexure controls on geomorphology, hydrology, and river chemistry in the Andean foreland basin

M Repasch, JS Scheingross, KL Cook… - AGU …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tectonics exerts a strong control over the morphology of Earth's surface that is apparent in
active mountain belts. In lowland areas, subtle processes like lithospheric flexure and …