High-resolution mapping efforts could improve predictions of coastal changes as glaciers shrink around the world.
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New Study Shifts Paradigm of Coastal Sediment Modeling
A new model improves predictions for sediment movement in vegetated shoreline zones and reveals a universal predictor that could change the understanding of coastal landscape evolution.
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Mud on the Move
Powerful submarine flows known as turbidity currents are starting to give up their secrets.
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New Global Analysis Reveals Amount of Sediment on the Ocean Floor
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
To unearth the very first sediments to erode from the Himalayas, a team of scientists drilled beneath the Bay of Bengal.
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Southern Hemisphere Sediments Show Surprising Pliocene Cyclicity
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.
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Ancient River Discovery Confirms Mediterranean Nearly Dried Up in the Miocene
Sedimentary deposits reveal a Nile-sized river system flowing from what are today Turkey and Syria.
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When the River Meets the Sea: Estuary Sediments and Hypoxia
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.
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Formation of Sedimentary Deposits: Bypass Versus Mass Extraction
Grain size and sediment delivery pathways from the Ganges delta have been used to model downstream facies changes.
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How Do Turbidity Currents Accelerate?
Flume experiments show that a self-reinforcing cycle can strengthen the currents responsible for transporting large amounts of sediment to the deep oceans.