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Complex and Cascading Triggering of Submarine Landslides and Turbidity Currents at Volcanic Islands Revealed From Integration of High-Resolution Onshore and Offshore Surveys (2018)
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Clare, M. A., Le Bas, T., Price, D. M., Hunt, J. E., Sear, D., Cartigny, M. J., …Cronin, S. (2018). Complex and Cascading Triggering of Submarine Landslides and Turbidity Currents at Volcanic Islands Revealed From Integration of High-Resolution Onshore and Offshore Surveys. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, Article 223. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00223

Submerged flanks of volcanic islands are prone to hazards including submarine landslides that may trigger damaging tsunamis and sediment-laden seafloor flows (called “turbidity currents”). These hazards can break seafloor infrastructure which is crit... Read More about Complex and Cascading Triggering of Submarine Landslides and Turbidity Currents at Volcanic Islands Revealed From Integration of High-Resolution Onshore and Offshore Surveys.

Wave ripple development on mixed clay-sand substrates: Effects of clay winnowing and armoring (2018)
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Wu, X., Baas, J. H., Parsons, D. R., Eggenhuisen, J., Amoudry, L., Cartigny, M., …Ruessink, G. (2018). Wave ripple development on mixed clay-sand substrates: Effects of clay winnowing and armoring. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123(11), 2784-2801. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jf004681

Based on bedform experiments in a large‐scale flume, we demonstrate that the rate of development of wave ripples on a mixed sand–clay bed under regular waves is significantly lower than on a pure‐sand bed, even at clay fractions as low as 4.2%, and t... Read More about Wave ripple development on mixed clay-sand substrates: Effects of clay winnowing and armoring.

Powerful turbidity currents driven by dense basal layers (2018)
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Paull, C. K., Talling, P. J., Maier, K. L., Parsons, D., Xu, J., Caress, D. W., …Cartigny, M. J. (2018). Powerful turbidity currents driven by dense basal layers. Nature Communications, 9(1), Article 4114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06254-6

Seafloor sediment flows (turbidity currents) are among the volumetrically most important yet least documented sediment transport processes on Earth. A scarcity of direct observations means that basic characteristics, such as whether flows are entirel... Read More about Powerful turbidity currents driven by dense basal layers.

What controls submarine channel development and the morphology of deltas entering deep-water fjords? (2018)
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Gales, J., Talling, P., Cartigny, M., Hughes Clarke, J., Lintern, G., Stacey, C., & Clare, M. (2019). What controls submarine channel development and the morphology of deltas entering deep-water fjords?. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(2), 535-551. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4515

River deltas and associated turbidity current systems produce some of the largest and most rapid sediment accumulations on our planet. These systems bury globally significant volumes of organic carbon and determine the runout distance of potentially... Read More about What controls submarine channel development and the morphology of deltas entering deep-water fjords?.

How to recognize crescentic bedforms formed by supercritical turbidity currents in the geologic record: insights from active submarine channels (2018)
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Hage, S., Cartigny, M., Clare, M., Sumner, E., Vendettuoli, D., Hughes Clarke, J., …Vellinga, A. (2018). How to recognize crescentic bedforms formed by supercritical turbidity currents in the geologic record: insights from active submarine channels. Geology, 46(6), 563-566. https://doi.org/10.1130/g40095.1

Submarine channels have been important throughout geologic time for feeding globally significant volumes of sediment from land to the deep sea. Modern observations show that submarine channels can be sculpted by supercritical turbidity currents (seaf... Read More about How to recognize crescentic bedforms formed by supercritical turbidity currents in the geologic record: insights from active submarine channels.

Origin of spectacular fields of submarine sediment waves around volcanic islands: distinguishing eruption-fed supercritical flow bedforms from slope failures (2018)
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Pope, E. L., Jutzeler, M., Cartigny, M. J., Shreeve, J., Talling, P. J., Wright, I. C., & Wysoczanski, R. J. (2018). Origin of spectacular fields of submarine sediment waves around volcanic islands: distinguishing eruption-fed supercritical flow bedforms from slope failures. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 493, 12-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.020

Understanding how large eruptions and landslides are recorded by seafloor morphology and deposits on volcanic island flanks is important for reconstruction of volcanic island history and geohazard assessment. Spectacular fields of bedforms have been... Read More about Origin of spectacular fields of submarine sediment waves around volcanic islands: distinguishing eruption-fed supercritical flow bedforms from slope failures.

Which triggers produce the most erosive, frequent and longest runout turbidity currents on deltas? (2018)
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Hizzett, J., Hughes Clarke, J., Sumner, E., Cartigny, M., Talling, P., & Clare, M. (2018). Which triggers produce the most erosive, frequent and longest runout turbidity currents on deltas?. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(2), 855-863. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017gl075751

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 river mouths. Previously it was thought that slope failures or direct... Read More about Which triggers produce the most erosive, frequent and longest runout turbidity currents on deltas?.