Downstream-migrating fluvial point bars in the rock record

M Ghinassi, A Ielpi, M Aldinucci, M Fustic - Sedimentary Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Classical models developed for ancient fluvial point bars are based on the assumption that
meander bends invariably increase their radius as meander-bend apices migrate in a …

Submarine channel flow processes and deposits: A process-product perspective

J Peakall, EJ Sumner - Geomorphology, 2015 - Elsevier
Process-product studies have been central to the development of process sedimentology
over the past few decades, with the ability to first measure flows, and then examine the …

Deposition, exhumation, and paleoclimate of an ancient lake deposit, Gale crater, Mars

JP Grotzinger, S Gupta, MC Malin, DM Rubin… - Science, 2015 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Remote observational data suggest that large bodies of standing water
existed on the surface of Mars in its early history. This would have required a much wetter …

Seismic geomorphology and sedimentology of a tidally influenced river deposit, Lower Cretaceous Athabasca oil sands, Alberta, Canada

SM Hubbard, DG Smith, H Nielsen… - AAPG …, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The bitumen of the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation in Alberta arguably represents
one of the most important hydrocarbon accumulations in the world. In-situ development …

A model of submarine channel-levee evolution based on channel trajectories: Implications for stratigraphic architecture

Z Sylvester, C Pirmez, A Cantelli - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2011 - Elsevier
Channel-levee systems are frequently interpreted as having a long history of cut-and-fill by
channel-shaped features of different scales. Results from a simple geometric model based …

Bank pull or bar push: What drives scroll-bar formation in meandering rivers?

WI van de Lageweg, WM Van Dijk, AW Baar… - …, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
One of the most striking features of meandering rivers are quasi-regular ridges of the point
bar, evidence of a pulsed lateral migration of meander bends. Scroll bars formed on the …

Three-dimensional reconstruction of meander-belt evolution, Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Alberta foreland basin, Canada

PR Durkin, RL Boyd, SM Hubbard… - Journal of …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The three-dimensional reconstruction of meander-belt deposits from ancient strata provides
insight into the formative processes of meander-bend evolution and paleogeographic …

Planform architecture, stratigraphic signature and morphodynamics of an exhumed Jurassic meander plain (Scalby Formation, Yorkshire, UK)

A Ielpi, M Ghinassi - Sedimentology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Modern fluvial meander plains exhibit complex planform transformations in response to
meander‐bend expansion, downstream migration and rotation. These transformations exert …

Sedimentology and stratigraphic architecture of a point bar deposit, Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation, Alberta, Canada

PA Labrecque, JL Jensen… - Bulletin of …, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A single channel and point bar deposit are examined in the subsurface of northeastern
Alberta from the Lower Cretaceous McMurray Formation. High-quality 3-D seismic, core and …

The role of fluid pressure and diagenetic cements for porosity preservation in Triassic fluvial reservoirs of the Central Graben, North Sea

BTT Nguyen, SJ Jones, NR Goulty… - AAPG …, 2013 - archives.datapages.com
Anomalously high porosities and permeabilities are commonly found in the fluvial channel
sandstone facies of the Triassic Skagerrak Formation in the central North Sea at burial …