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Layers of Permian marine sediments exposed on the southeast coast of Tasmania, Australia
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New Global Analysis Reveals Amount of Sediment on the Ocean Floor

by David Shultz 10 May 201929 June 2022

Researchers calculate that there are ~3.37 × 108 cubic kilometers of sediment on the world’s ocean floor.

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The Search for the Severed Head of the Himalayas

Lucas Joel by L. Joel 25 April 20198 August 2023

To unearth the very first sediments to erode from the Himalayas, a team of scientists drilled beneath the Bay of Bengal.

Phytoplankton bloom over the study area in the South Pacific Ocean
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Southern Hemisphere Sediments Show Surprising Pliocene Cyclicity

by Terri Cook 25 April 201926 January 2023

New, high-resolution paleoclimate reconstructions with 100,000-year rhythms may offer insights into how Earth’s climate system operated during a time when the planet was warmer than it is today.

eastern-mediterranean-map
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Ancient River Discovery Confirms Mediterranean Nearly Dried Up in the Miocene

Mara Johnson-Groh, Science Writer by Mara Johnson-Groh 25 March 201931 May 2023

Sedimentary deposits reveal a Nile-sized river system flowing from what are today Turkey and Syria.

An aerial view of Waquoit Bay, a shallow estuary on Cape Cod, Mass.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

When the River Meets the Sea: Estuary Sediments and Hypoxia

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 20 March 201921 March 2022

Scientists know that low-oxygen dead zones are growing worldwide. New research sheds light on what that will mean for estuary systems if trends continue.

Holocene sediments in Syhlet Basin
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Formation of Sedimentary Deposits: Bypass Versus Mass Extraction

by Amy E. East 4 March 201919 September 2023

Grain size and sediment delivery pathways from the Ganges delta have been used to model downstream facies changes.

A rock sequence formed by deep-sea turbidity currents
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How Do Turbidity Currents Accelerate?

by Terri Cook 7 January 201914 March 2024

Flume experiments show that a self-reinforcing cycle can strengthen the currents responsible for transporting large amounts of sediment to the deep oceans.

A wellhead used to study the tectonics and fluid flow in the submarine Nankai Trough
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In a Submarine Trough, Permeable Rocks May Lead to Quakes

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 29 November 20185 October 2022

In Japan’s submarine Nankai Trough, rock permeability is much higher when measured at larger scales, likely because of big fractures and faults that are not captured at small scales.

Sinkholes forced the closure of Ein Gedi, an Israeli tourist resort on the shore of the Dead Sea, in 2016
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Subsurface Imaging Sheds Light on Dead Sea Sinkholes

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 12 October 201824 August 2023

Using seismic waves, researchers study sediment layering near the Dead Sea to reveal how the area’s numerous sinkholes form.

Landslide in southern Haiti was triggered by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck the country in 2010.
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Landslides Send Carbon-Rich Soils into Long-Term Storage

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 10 September 20183 March 2023

Earthquake-triggered landslides move soils down steep slopes and deposit the sediments near rivers, sequestering the carbon contained within them for millions of years.

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