Cyclic steps: review and aggradation-based classification

A Slootman, MJB Cartigny - Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Cyclic steps are a type of upper flow-regime bedform consisting of trains of upstream-and
upslope-migrating bed undulations. The overriding flow is characterised by a series of …

Microplastics prevalence in water, sediment and two economically important species of fish in an urban riverine system in Ghana

ER Blankson, PN Tetteh, P Oppong, F Gbogbo - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Urban riverine systems serve as conduits for the transport of plastic waste from the terrestrial
dumpsites to marine repositories. This study presented data on the occurrence of …

Bedforms and sedimentary structures related to supercritical flows in glacigenic settings

J Lang, DP Le Heron, JH Van den Berg… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Upper‐flow‐regime bedforms, including upper‐stage‐plane beds, antidunes, chutes‐and‐
pools and cyclic steps, are ubiquitous in glacigenic depositional environments characterized …

Quantitative characterization of the sedimentary architecture of Gilbert-type deltas

S Budai, L Colombera, NP Mountney - Sedimentary Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
Steep-fronted Gilbert-type deltas are common features of tectonically active settings, as well
as of physiographic settings where accommodation is dictated by landforms with steeply …

Depositional elements and evolution of gravity-flow deposits on Lingshan Island (Eastern China): An integrated outcrop-subsurface study

T Yang, Y Cao, K Liu, J Tian, B Kneller - Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding how subaqueous sediment gravity flows (SSGF) evolve in time and space,
and how their deposits vary spatially, is a key research focus for gravity flow sedimentology …

[HTML][HTML] Downslope evolution of supercritical bedforms in a confined deep-sea fan lobe, Amantea Fan, Paola Basin (Southeastern Tyrrhenian Sea)

E Scacchia, R Tinterri, F Gamberi - Sedimentary Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
The sedimentology of upper flow regime bedforms represents an important research topic at
the present. Deposits interpreted as those of supercritical flows are widely recognized in …

Retreat pattern of glaciers controls the occurrence of turbidity currents on high‐latitude fjord deltas (eastern Baffin Island)

A Normandeau, P Dietrich… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Glacier and ice sheet mass loss as a result of climate change is driving important coastal
changes in Arctic fjords. Yet limited information exists for Arctic coasts regarding the …

Cool deltas: Sedimentological, geomorphological and geophysical characterization of ice‐contact deltas and implications for their reservoir properties (Salpausselkä …

B KurjaŃski, BR Rea, M Spagnolo… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sediments deposited by glacial meltwaters (for example, ice‐contact delta deposits) form
permeable packages in the subsurface that can act as reservoirs for both water and …

Exploring a new breadth of cyclic steps on distal submarine fans

A Fildani, S Kostic, JA Covault, KL Maier… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Research on the depositional record of submarine fans and related turbidite systems has
highlighted the importance of channel, lobe and levée–overbank architectural elements as …

The depositional signature of cyclic steps: a late Quaternary analogue compared to modern active delta slopes

JF Ghienne, A Normandeau, P Dietrich… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cyclic‐step bedforms typifying a Froude‐supercritical flow regime are a recurrent
component of depositional/erosional turbiditic systems. Over modern delta slopes, cyclic …