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Daily bathymetric surveys document how stratigraphy is built and its extreme incompleteness in submarine channels (2019)
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Vendettuoli, D., Clare, M., Hughes Clarke, J., Vellinga, A., Hizzet, J., Hage, S., …Lintern, D. (2019). Daily bathymetric surveys document how stratigraphy is built and its extreme incompleteness in submarine channels. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 515, 231-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.03.033

Turbidity currents are powerful flows of sediment that pose a hazard to critical seafloor infrastructure and transport globally important amounts of sediment to the deep sea. Due to challenges of direct monitoring, we typically rely on their deposits... Read More about Daily bathymetric surveys document how stratigraphy is built and its extreme incompleteness in submarine channels.

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 turbidity current frequency and character varies down a fjord-delta system: Combining direct monitoring, deposits and seismic data (2018)
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Stacey, C. D., Hill, P. R., Talling, P. J., Enkin, R. J., Hughes Clarke, J., & Lintern, D. G. (2019). How turbidity current frequency and character varies down a fjord-delta system: Combining direct monitoring, deposits and seismic data. Sedimentology, 66(1), 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12488

Submarine turbidity currents are one of the most important processes for moving sediment across our planet; they are hazardous to offshore infrastructure, deposit petroleum reservoirs worldwide, and may record tsunamigenic landslides. However, there... Read More about How turbidity current frequency and character varies down a fjord-delta system: Combining direct monitoring, deposits and seismic data.

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.

The relationship between ice sheets and submarine mass movements in the Nordic Seas during the Quaternary (2018)
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Pope, E. L., Talling, P. J., & Ó Cofaigh, C. (2018). The relationship between ice sheets and submarine mass movements in the Nordic Seas during the Quaternary. Earth-Science Reviews, 178, 208-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.01.007

Quaternary evolution of high-latitude margins has, to a large degree been shaped by the advance and retreat of ice sheets. Our understanding of these margins and the role of ice sheets is predominantly derived from the polar North Atlantic during the... Read More about The relationship between ice sheets and submarine mass movements in the Nordic Seas during the Quaternary.

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?.

Multi-stage volcanic island flank collapses with coeval explosive caldera-forming eruptions (2018)
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Hunt, J. E., Cassidy, M., & Talling, P. J. (2018). Multi-stage volcanic island flank collapses with coeval explosive caldera-forming eruptions. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Article 1146. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-19285-2

Volcanic flank collapses and explosive eruptions are among the largest and most destructive processes on Earth. Events at Mount St. Helens in May 1980 demonstrated how a relatively small (<5 km3) flank collapse on a terrestrial volcano could immediat... Read More about Multi-stage volcanic island flank collapses with coeval explosive caldera-forming eruptions.

A general model for the helical structure of geophysical flows in channel bends (2017)
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Azpiroz-Zabala, M., Cartigny, M., Sumner, E., Clare, M., Talling, P., Parsons, D., & Cooper, C. (2017). A general model for the helical structure of geophysical flows in channel bends. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(23), 11,932-11,941. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017gl075721

Meandering channels formed by geophysical flows (e.g. rivers and seafloor turbidity currents) include the most extensive sediment transport systems on Earth. Previous measurements from rivers show how helical flow at meander bends plays a key role in... Read More about A general model for the helical structure of geophysical flows in channel bends.

Newly recognized turbidity current structure can explain prolonged flushing of submarine canyons (2017)
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Azpiroz-Zabala, M., Cartigny, M., Talling, P., Parsons, D., Sumner, E., Clare, M., …Pope, E. (2017). Newly recognized turbidity current structure can explain prolonged flushing of submarine canyons. Science Advances, 3(10), Article e1700200. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1700200

Seabed-hugging flows called turbidity currents are the volumetrically most important process transporting sediment across our planet and form its largest sediment accumulations. We seek to understand the internal structure and behavior of turbidity c... Read More about Newly recognized turbidity current structure can explain prolonged flushing of submarine canyons.

Direct monitoring of active geohazards: emerging geophysical tools for deep-water assessments (2017)
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Clare, M., Vardy, M., Cartigny, M., Talling, P., Himsworth, M., Dix, J., …Belal, M. (2017). Direct monitoring of active geohazards: emerging geophysical tools for deep-water assessments. Near Surface Geophysics, 15(4), 427-444. https://doi.org/10.3997/1873-0604.2017033

Seafloor networks of cables, pipelines, and other infrastructure underpin our daily lives, providing communication links, information, and energy supplies. Despite their global importance, these networks are vulnerable to damage by a number of natura... Read More about Direct monitoring of active geohazards: emerging geophysical tools for deep-water assessments.

Eustatic sea-level controls on the flushing of a shelf-incising submarine canyon (2017)
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Allin, J. R., Hunt, J. E., Clare, M. A., & Talling, P. J. (2017). Eustatic sea-level controls on the flushing of a shelf-incising submarine canyon. GSA Bulletin, 130(1-2), 222-237. https://doi.org/10.1130/b31658.1

Turbidity currents are the principal processes responsible for carving submarine canyons and maintaining them over geological time scales. The turbidity currents that maintain or “flush” submarine canyons are some of the most voluminous sediment tran... Read More about Eustatic sea-level controls on the flushing of a shelf-incising submarine canyon.

A new model for turbidity current behavior based on integration of flow monitoring and precision coring in a submarine canyon (2017)
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Symons, W., Sumner, E., Paull, C., Cartigny, M., Xu, J., Maier, K., …Talling, P. (2017). A new model for turbidity current behavior based on integration of flow monitoring and precision coring in a submarine canyon. Geology, 45(4), 367-370. https://doi.org/10.1130/g38764.1

Submarine turbidity currents create some of the largest sediment accumulations on Earth, yet there are few direct measurements of these flows. Instead, most of our understanding of turbidity currents results from analyzing their deposits in the sedim... Read More about A new model for turbidity current behavior based on integration of flow monitoring and precision coring in a submarine canyon.

Damaging sediment density flows triggered by tropical cyclones (2016)
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Pope, E., Talling, P., Carter, L., Clare, M., & Hunt, J. (2017). Damaging sediment density flows triggered by tropical cyclones. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 458, 161-169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.046

The global network of subsea fibre-optic cables plays a critical role in the world economy and is considered as strategic infrastructure for many nations. Sediment density flows have caused significant disruption to this network in the recent past. T... Read More about Damaging sediment density flows triggered by tropical cyclones.

Submarine deposits from pumiceous pyroclastic density currents traveling over water: An outstanding example from offshore Montserrat (IODP 340) (2016)
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Jutzeler, M., Manga, M., White, J., Talling, P., Proussevitch, A., Le Friant, A., & Ishizuka, O. (2017). Submarine deposits from pumiceous pyroclastic density currents traveling over water: An outstanding example from offshore Montserrat (IODP 340). GSA Bulletin, 129(3-4), 392-414. https://doi.org/10.1130/b31448.1

Pyroclastic density currents have been observed to both enter the sea, and to travel over water for tens of kilometers. Here, we identified a 1.2-m-thick, stratified pumice lapilli-ash cored at Site U1396 offshore Montserrat (Integrated Ocean Drillin... Read More about Submarine deposits from pumiceous pyroclastic density currents traveling over water: An outstanding example from offshore Montserrat (IODP 340).

Long-term record of Barents Sea Ice Sheet advance to the shelf edge from a 140,000 year record (2016)
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Pope, E., Talling, P., Hunt, J., Dowdeswell, J., Allin, J., Cartigny, M., …Watts, M. (2016). Long-term record of Barents Sea Ice Sheet advance to the shelf edge from a 140,000 year record. Quaternary Science Reviews, 150, 55-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.08.014

The full-glacial extent and deglacial behaviour of marine-based ice sheets, such as the Barents Sea Ice Sheet, is well documented since the Last Glacial Maximum about 20,000 years ago. However, reworking of older sea-floor sediments and landforms dur... Read More about Long-term record of Barents Sea Ice Sheet advance to the shelf edge from a 140,000 year record.

Preconditioning and triggering of offshore slope failures and turbidity currents revealed by most detailed monitoring yet at a fjord-head delta (2016)
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Clare, M., Hughes Clarke, J., Talling, P., Cartigny, M., & Pratomo, D. (2016). Preconditioning and triggering of offshore slope failures and turbidity currents revealed by most detailed monitoring yet at a fjord-head delta. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 450, 208-220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.06.021

Rivers and turbidity currents are the two most important sediment transport processes by volume on Earth. Various hypotheses have been proposed for triggering of turbidity currents offshore from river mouths, including direct plunging of river discha... Read More about Preconditioning and triggering of offshore slope failures and turbidity currents revealed by most detailed monitoring yet at a fjord-head delta.

On the fate of pumice rafts formed during the 2012 Havre submarine eruption (2014)
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Jutzeler, M., Marsh, R., Carey, R., White, J., Talling, P., & Karlstrom, L. (2014). On the fate of pumice rafts formed during the 2012 Havre submarine eruption. Nature Communications, 5, Article 3660. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4660

Pumice rafts are floating mobile accumulations of low-density pumice clasts generated by silicic volcanic eruptions. Pumice in rafts can drift for years, become waterlogged and sink, or become stranded on shorelines. Here we show that the pumice raft... Read More about On the fate of pumice rafts formed during the 2012 Havre submarine eruption.