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 …

Fast and destructive density currents created by ocean-entering volcanic eruptions

MA Clare, IA Yeo, S Watson, R Wysoczanski… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Volcanic eruptions on land create hot and fast pyroclastic density currents, triggering
tsunamis or surges that travel over water where they reach the ocean. However, no field …

Volcaniclastic density currents explain widespread and diverse seafloor impacts of the 2022 Hunga Volcano eruption

S Seabrook, K Mackay, SJ Watson, MA Clare… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The impacts of large terrestrial volcanic eruptions are apparent from satellite monitoring and
direct observations. However, more than three quarters of all volcanic outputs worldwide lie …

Review of the missing link between field and modeled submarine debris flows: Scale effects of physical modeling

CE Choi, J Yu, J Zhang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Submarine debris flows occur under the cloak of the sea and are giants among other types
of landslides on planet Earth. They pose a significant threat to sustainable offshore …

What determines the downstream evolution of turbidity currents?

CJ Heerema, PJ Talling, MJ Cartigny, CK Paull… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Seabed sediment flows called turbidity currents form some of the largest sediment
accumulations, deepest canyons and longest channel systems on Earth. Only rivers …

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 turbidity currents and contour currents on the distribution of deep‐water sediment waves offshore eastern Canada

A Normandeau, DC Campbell, MJB Cartigny - Sedimentology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sediment waves are commonly observed on the sea floor and often vary in morphology and
geometry according to factors such as seabed slope, density and discharge of turbidity …

The stratigraphic evolution of onlap in siliciclastic deep-water systems: Autogenic modulation of allogenic signals

EL Soutter, IA Kane, A Fuhrmann… - Journal of …, 2019 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Seafloor topography affects the sediment gravity flows that interact with it. Understanding
this interaction is critical for accurate predictions of sediment distribution and …

On the origin of chevron marks and striated grooves, and their use in predicting mud bed rheology

D McGowan, A Salian, JH Baas, J Peakall… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding of the formative conditions of many sole structures is limited, with chevron
marks and striated groove marks being particularly enigmatic. These sedimentary structures …

Revisiting the tsunamigenic volcanic flank collapse of Fogo Island in the Cape Verdes, offshore West Africa

R Barrett, E Lebas, R Ramalho, I Klaucke, S Kutterolf… - 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Volcanic archipelagos are a source of numerous on-and offshore geohazards, including
explosive eruptions and potentially tsunamigenic large-scale flank collapses. Fogo Island in …