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 …

How are subaqueous sediment density flows triggered, what is their internal structure and how does it evolve? Direct observations from monitoring of active flows

PJ Talling, CK Paull, DJW Piper - Earth-Science Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Subaqueous sediment density flows are one of the volumetrically most important processes
for moving sediment across our planet, and form the largest sediment accumulations on …

Key future directions for research on turbidity currents and their deposits

PJ Talling, J Allin, DA Armitage… - Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Turbidity currents, and other types of submarine sediment density flow, redistribute more
sediment across the surface of the Earth than any other sediment flow process, yet their …

Direct monitoring reveals initiation of turbidity currents from extremely dilute river plumes

S Hage, MJB Cartigny, EJ Sumner… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Rivers (on land) and turbidity currents (in the ocean) are the most important sediment
transport processes on Earth. Yet how rivers generate turbidity currents as they enter the …

Subaqueous deltas in the stratigraphic record: catching up with the marine geologists

R Steel, A Osman, VM Rossi, J Alabdullatif… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Delta bathymetry, seismic data and near-surface sediment sampling on modern deltas with
significant wave, tidal or marine current influence betray a double clinoform architecture with …

The role of tidal, wave and river currents in the evolution of mixed‐energy deltas: Example from the Lajas Formation (Argentina)

VM Rossi, RJ Steel - Sedimentology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Many modern deltas show complex morphologies and architectures related to the interplay
of river, wave and tidal currents. However, methods for extracting the signature of the …

Process regime, salinity, morphological, and sedimentary trends along the fluvial to marine transition zone of the mixed-energy Mekong River delta, Vietnam

M Gugliotta, Y Saito, VL Nguyen, TKO Ta… - Continental Shelf …, 2017 - Elsevier
The fluvial to marine transition zone (FMTZ) is the area of coastal rivers in which
sedimentation is controlled by the interaction of fluvial and marine processes. This study …

Which triggers produce the most erosive, frequent, and longest runout turbidity currents on deltas?

JL Hizzett, JE Hughes Clarke… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Subaerial rivers and turbidity currents are the two most voluminous sediment transport
processes on our planet, and it is important to understand how they are linked offshore from …

Upslope-migrating bedforms in a proglacial sandur delta: Cyclic steps from river-derived underflows?

P Dietrich, JF Ghienne… - Journal of …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Backstepping cross-strata on steep foresets of a Gilbert-type proglacial fluviodeltaic system
are ascribed to cyclic steps and other associated supercritical bedforms. They provide …

Storm‐induced turbidity currents on a sediment‐starved shelf: insight from direct monitoring and repeat seabed mapping of upslope migrating bedforms

A Normandeau, D Bourgault, U Neumeier… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The monitoring of turbidity currents enables accurate internal structure and timing of these
flows to be understood. Without monitoring, triggers of turbidity currents often remain …