Accelerated river avulsion frequency on lowland deltas due to sea-level rise

AJ Chadwick, MP Lamb, V Ganti - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2020 - pnas.org
Sea-level rise, subsidence, and reduced fluvial sediment supply are causing river deltas to
drown worldwide, affecting ecosystems and billions of people. Abrupt changes in river …

Quantifying mixed-process variability in shallow-marine depositional systems: What are sedimentary structures really telling us?

VM Rossi, MM Perillo, RJ Steel… - Journal of …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Interpreting the whole range of fluvial, wave, and tidal interactions recorded in shallow-
marine, coastal successions can be challenging. The complexity arises because …

[HTML][HTML] Geomorphic insights into Australia's coastal change using a national dataset derived from the multi-decadal Landsat archive

R Nanson, R Bishop-Taylor, S Sagar… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Australia has a vast, diverse and dynamic shoreline, and national perspectives on the
mechanisms, magnitude and trajectories of coastal adjustment are required to underpin …

[HTML][HTML] Scale dependency in quantifications of the avulsion frequency of coastal rivers

L Colombera, NP Mountney - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Quantification of the frequency with which coastal-plain rivers avulse is important for
elucidating autogenic dynamics and their role as controls on landscape change and …

Anatomy of a shoreline regression: implications for the high-resolution stratigraphic architecture of deltas

RB Ainsworth, BK Vakarelov… - Journal of …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The regressive and subsequent transgressive transit of a shoreline across a clastic shelf
generates the standard reservoir flow unit in most marginal to shallow marine hydrocarbon …

Effect of sea‐level change on river avulsions and stratigraphy for an experimental lowland delta

AJ Chadwick, S Steele, J Silvestre… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lowland deltas experience natural diversions in river course known as avulsions. River
avulsions pose catastrophic flood hazards and redistribute sediment that is vital for …

Holocene sea-level change and coastal landscape evolution in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

CR Sloss, L Nothdurft, Q Hua, SG O'Connor… - The …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
A revised Holocene sea-level history for the southern Gulf of Carpentaria is presented based
on new data from the South Wellesley Archipelago and age recalibration of previous …

Challenges in characterizing subsurface paralic reservoir geometries: a detailed case study of the Mungaroo Formation, North West Shelf, Australia

G Heldreich, J Redfern, B Legler, K Gerdes… - 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Prediction of sandstone body dimensions within paralic depositional systems is crucial for
the development of predictive 3D reservoir models. Continental-scale paralic reservoir …

Linking the high-resolution architecture of modern and ancient wave-dominated deltas: processes, products, and forcing factors

RB Ainsworth, BK Vakarelov… - Journal of …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Wave-dominated deltas are often fed by single trunk distributary channels which can remain
the primary source of sediment supply to the delta for periods of thousands of years …

Autogenic evolution of valley‐confined deltas during sea‐level rise: Insights from numerical and physical modelling

R Wang, W Kim, L Colombera, NP Mountney… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nearshore incised valleys are important conduits for the transport of sediment, nutrients,
pollutants and organic carbon from the continents to the sea. Therefore, it is essential to …