Dispersion, accumulation, and the ultimate fate of microplastics in deep-marine environments: a review and future directions

IA Kane, MA Clare - Frontiers in earth science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
An estimated 8.3 billion tons of non-biodegradable plastic has been produced over the last
65 years. Much of this is not recycled and is disposed into the natural environment, has a …

Distinguishing between deep-water sediment facies: turbidites, contourites and hemipelagites

D Stow, Z Smillie - Geosciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The distinction between turbidites, contourites and hemipelagites in modern and ancient
deep-water systems has long been a matter of controversy. This is partly because the …

Powerful turbidity currents driven by dense basal layers

CK Paull, PJ Talling, KL Maier, D Parsons, J Xu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Seafloor sediment flows (turbidity currents) are among the volumetrically most important yet
least documented sediment transport processes on Earth. A scarcity of direct observations …

Hierarchical classifications of the sedimentary architecture of deep-marine depositional systems

S Cullis, L Colombera, M Patacci, WD McCaffrey - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Hierarchical classifications are used in the field of clastic deep-marine sedimentary geology
to assign spatial and temporal order to the sedimentary architecture of preserved deep …

Hybrid turbidite-drift channel complexes: An integrated multiscale model

A Fuhrmann, IA Kane, MA Clare, RA Ferguson… - …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The interaction of deep-marine bottom currents with episodic, unsteady sediment gravity
flows affects global sediment transport, forms climate archives, and controls the evolution of …

[HTML][HTML] How to recognize crescentic bedforms formed by supercritical turbidity currents in the geologic record: Insights from active submarine channels

S Hage, MJB Cartigny, MA Clare, EJ Sumner… - …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Submarine channels have been important throughout geologic time for feeding globally
significant volumes of sediment from land to the deep sea. Modern observations show that …

Extreme erosion and bulking in a giant submarine gravity flow

C Böttner, CJ Stevenson, R Englert, M Schönke… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Sediment gravity flows are ubiquitous agents of transport, erosion, and deposition across
Earth's surface, including terrestrial debris flows, snow avalanches, and submarine turbidity …

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 …

The influence of confining topography orientation on experimental turbidity currents and geological implications

EL Soutter, D Bell, ZA Cumberpatch… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Turbidity currents distribute sediment across the seafloor, forming important archives of
tectonic and climatic change on the Earth's surface. Turbidity current deposition is affected …

Linking direct measurements of turbidity currents to submarine canyon-floor deposits

KL Maier, JA Gales, CK Paull, K Rosenberger… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Submarine canyons are conduits for episodic and powerful sediment density flows
(commonly called turbidity currents) that move globally significant amounts of terrestrial …