Geodiversity in the Amazon drainage basin

CME Alsbach… - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Amazon is the largest drainage basin on Earth and contains a wide variety of abiotic
landscape features. In spite of this, the geodiversity in this basin has not yet been objectively …

Morphodynamics and depositional architecture of mid‐channel bars in large Amazonian rivers

RP Almeida, CP Galeazzi, J Best… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Large rivers are characterized by large water discharges, high suspended sediment fluxes
and low slope, and typically display multiple channels that are separated by large complex …

Rainfall and sea level drove the expansion of seasonally flooded habitats and associated bird populations across Amazonia

AO Sawakuchi, ED Schultz, FN Pupim… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Spatial arrangement of distinct Amazonian environments through time and its effect on
specialized biota remain poorly known, fueling long-lasting debates about drivers of biotic …

Geological reservoir characterization tasks based on computer vision techniques

L da Silva Bomfim, MVT Soares, AC Vidal… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2024 - Elsevier
Reservoir characterization is of great importance in oil and gas exploration and production.
To automate and improve the procedures involved in this task, several approaches in the …

Recent geomorphological evolution of channel bar in Magdalena River (Colombia) due to natural and anthropogenic interferences

RP Manzolli, L Portz, D Villate-Daza… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The growing establishment of port structures in estuarine regions has resulted in alternated
sedimentation patterns and new geoforms. The primary purpose of this study is to …

Towards a new generation of fluvial facies models for the interpretation of ancient deposits, based on inter‐annual peak discharge variance of modern rivers

CR Fielding, J Alexander, A Argiro - Sedimentology, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Fluvial facies models based on river planform are flawed and not fully fit for purpose. An
alternative approach to classifying fluvial deposits is based on river discharge …

Habitat specialization predicts demographic response and vulnerability of floodplain birds in Amazonia

ED Schultz, G Thom, G Zuquim, MJ Hickerson… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The annual flooding cycle of Amazonian rivers sustains the largest floodplains on Earth,
which harbour a unique bird community. Recent studies suggest that habitat specialization …

GPR velocity correction method in transversely heterogeneous media based on CMP data

J Ling, R Qian, J Zhang, Z Ma, X Liu - Near Surface Geophysics, 2024 - earthdoc.org
Determining ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) velocity has always been a critical problem.
The GPR velocity estimation method based on common midpoint (CMP) data has been …

The impact of high discharge variability on sedimentology and architecture of bar deposits in the meandering Powder River (Montana, USA)

R Maitan, CR Fielding, JA Moody, A Finotello… - …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Point bars are emblematic deposits of meandering rivers. Classical facies models that define
their architecture and sedimentology are essentially based on rivers with low to moderate …

Hydrological and morphological responses in the São Francisco River Basin (Northeast Brazil) resulting from river damming and climate changes in a tropical region

PVO Gomes, FT Figueiredo… - Earth Surface …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The São Francisco River in Northeast Brazil has seen hydrological and morphological
changes due to extensive damming and climate change over the past century. In this study …