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 …

Holocene evolution of the Danube delta: An integral reconstruction and a revised chronology

A Vespremeanu-Stroe, F Zăinescu, L Preoteasa… - Marine Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
The Danube delta is one of the few large deltas in the world the evolution of which has
involved numerous and varied episodes within a complex framework of interactivity between …

Barform deposits of the Carolyn Shoemaker formation, Gale crater, Mars

BT Cardenas, JP Grotzinger… - Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The early environmental history of Mars is encoded in the planet's record of sedimentary
rocks. Since 2012, the Curiosity rover has been ascending Mount Sharp, Gale crater's …

Contrasting beach‐ridge systems in different types of coastal settings

MF Isla, D Moyano‐Paz, DM FitzGerald… - Earth Surface …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Beach‐ridge systems are geomorphological features common in every type of coast and
have been widely interpreted as geo‐archives of past sea‐level, climatic, or tectonic …

The Usumacinta-Grijalva beach-ridge plain in southern Mexico: a high-resolution archive of river discharge and precipitation

K Nooren, WZ Hoek, T Winkels… - Earth Surface …, 2017 - esurf.copernicus.org
The beach-ridge sequence of the Usumacinta-Grijalva delta borders a 300-km-long section
of the Southern Mexico Gulf coast. With around 500 beach ridges formed in the last 6500 …

Wave‐influenced delta morphodynamics, long‐term sediment bypass and trap** controlled by relative magnitudes of riverine and wave‐driven sediment transport

F Zăinescu, JEA Storms… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
River sediment supply (Qs) and longshore sediment transport (LST) are recognized as two
paramount controls on river delta morphodynamics and stratigraphy. We employed the …

Documenting a coastal sediment routing tract in the sedimentary record: Implications for coastal palaeogeography and sand distribution patterns

M Isla, E Schwarz, L Caracciolo, MN Remírez… - …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal sediment transport, primarily driven by littoral drift, is a well‐understood process
occurring in many wave‐dominated modern coasts. This transport can extend over …

Impact of relative sea-level changes since the last deglaciation on the formation of a composite paraglacial barrier

J Billy, N Robin, CJ Hein, DM FitzGerald, R Certain - Marine Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Comprehensive onshore-offshore surficial and sub-surface map** of a composite barrier
(combination of prograded, aggraded, and/or transgressive segments) have provided a …

[HTML][HTML] Mid-to late Holocene vegetation and environmental change at local and regional scales based on a multi-proxy analysis of the upper Danube Delta, Romania

D Hanganu, A Vespremeanu-Stroe, A Feurdean… - Evolving Earth, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Danube Delta is Europe's largest wetland system and of unique
biogeographical character. Whilst its geomorphological evolution is relatively well-known its …

[HTML][HTML] Danube Delta: Water Management on the Sulina Channel in the frame of environmental sustainability

I Cretescu, Z Kovacs, L Lazar, A Burada… - River Deltas …, 2021 - intechopen.com
Abstract The Danube Delta is the newest land formed by both transporting sediments
brought by Danube River, which flows into the Black Sea and by traversing an inland region …