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Channel trajectories control deep‐water stratigraphic architecture by Morris, Paul D., Sylvester, Zoltán, Covault, Jacob A., Mohrig, David

“…Interpretation of deep‐water channel deposits is challenging because the spatial arrangement of their constituent lithologies is highly variable. This…”
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Submarine channels ‘swept’ downstream after bend cutoff in salt basins by Covault, Jacob A., Sylvester, Zoltán, Hudec, Michael R., Ceyhan, Can, Dunlap, Dallas

“…Channel‐bend expansion and downstream translation, as well as vertical movements by aggradation and incision, set the stratigraphic architecture of channelized…”
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Environmental signal propagation in sedimentary systems across timescales by Romans, Brian W., Castelltort, Sébastien, Covault, Jacob A., Fildani, Andrea, Walsh, J.P.

“…Earth-surface processes operate across erosionally dominated landscapes and deliver sediment to depositional systems that can be preserved over a range of…”
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Conversion of tectonic and climatic forcings into records of sediment supply and provenance by Sharman, Glenn R., Sylvester, Zoltan, Covault, Jacob A.

“…Understanding how environmental forcings (e.g., tectonics, climate) are transformed by erosional landscapes into sedimentary signals is a critical component of…”
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Submarine channel initiation, filling and maintenance from sea-floor geomorphology and morphodynamic modelling of cyclic steps by Covault, Jacob A., Kostic, Svetlana, Paull, Charles K., Ryan, Holly F., Fildani, Andrea

“…Advances in acoustic imaging of submarine canyons and channels have provided accurate renderings of sea‐floor geomorphology. Still, a fundamental understanding…”
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The stratigraphic evolution of a submarine channel; linking seafloor dynamics to depositional products by Hubbard, Stephen M, Jobe, Zane R, Romans, Brian W, Covault, Jacob A, Sylvester, Zoltan, Fildani, Andrea

“…We investigate the relationship between the cross-sectional geomorphic expression of a submarine channel as observed on the seafloor and the stratigraphic…”
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Author Correction: Conversion of tectonic and climatic forcings into records of sediment supply and provenance by Sharman, Glenn R., Sylvester, Zoltan, Covault, Jacob A.

“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper…”
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Submarine‐channel meandering reset by landslide filling, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand by Covault, Jacob A., Sylvester, Zoltán, Dunlap, Dallas B.

“…Landslides are among the largest mass movements on Earth. As such, the deposits of landslides, also known as mass‐transport deposits, are significant…”
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Erosion at inception of deep-sea channels by Fildani, Andrea, Hubbard, Stephen M., Covault, Jacob A., Maier, Katherine L., Romans, Brian W., Traer, Miles, Rowland, Joel C.

“…We present a general model for channel inception and evolution in the deep sea by integrating observations from two complementary datasets: (1) high-resolution…”
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Giant meandering channel evolution, Campos deep-water salt basin, Brazil by Covault, Jacob A, Sylvester, Zoltan, Ceyhan, Can, Dunlap, Dallas B

“…Submarine channels are conduits for sediment delivery to continental margins, and channel deposits can be sandy components of the fill in tectonically active…”
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Exploring a new breadth of cyclic steps on distal submarine fans by Fildani, Andrea, Kostic, Svetlana, Covault, Jacob A., Maier, Katherine L., Caress, David W., Paull, Charles K., Hubbard, Stephen

“…Research on the depositional record of submarine fans and related turbidite systems has highlighted the importance of channel, lobe and levée–overbank…”
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Three-dimensional numerical modeling of eustatic control on continental-margin sand distribution by Harris, Ashley D, Covault, Jacob A, Madof, Andrew S, Sun, Tao, Sylvester, Zoltan, Granjeon, Didier

“…Eustasy constitutes a key control on continental-shelf accommodation along with tectonism. The combined effect of these processes influences relative sea…”
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Slope-fan depositional architecture from high-resolution forward stratigraphic models by Hawie, Nicolas, Covault, Jacob A., Dunlap, Dallas, Sylvester, Zoltán

“…Submarine fans in tectonically active continental-slope basins are targets of petroleum exploration and production. These slope fans commonly comprise…”
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Key future directions for research on turbidity currents and their deposits by Talling, Peter J, Allin, Joshua, Armitage, Dominic A, Arnott, Robert W. C, Cartigny, Matthieu J. B, Clare, Michael A, Felletti, Fabrizio, Covault, Jacob A, Girardclos, Stephanie, Hansen, Ernst, Hill, Philip R, Hiscott, Richard N, Hogg, Andrew J, Clarke, John Hughes, Jobe, Zane R, Malgesini, Giuseppe, Mozzato, Alessandro, Naruse, Hajime, Parkinson, Sam, Peel, Frank J, Piper, David J. W, Pope, Ed, Postma, George, Rowley, Pete, Sguazzini, Andrea, Stevenson, Christopher J, Sumner, Esther J, Sylvester, Zoltan, Watts, Camilla, Xu, Jingping

“…Turbidity currents, and other types of submarine sediment density flow, redistribute more sediment across the surface of the Earth than any other sediment flow…”
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Sediment routing evolution in the North Alpine Foreland Basin, Austria: interplay of transverse and longitudinal sediment dispersal by Sharman, Glenn R., Hubbard, Stephen M., Covault, Jacob A., Hinsch, Ralph, Linzer, Hans‐Gert, Graham, Stephan A.

“…Integration of detrital zircon geochronology and three‐dimensional (3D) seismic‐reflection data from the Molasse basin of Austria yields new insight into…”
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Muddy sand and sandy mud on the distal Mississippi Fan; implications for lobe depositional processes by Fildani, Andrea, Clark, Julian, Covault, Jacob A, Power, Bruce, Romans, Brian W, Aiello, Ivano W

“…We used laser particle size analysis (LPSA) to quantitatively analyze grain-size characteristics from distal Mississippi submarine fan deposits (Gulf of…”
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Volume and recurrence of submarine‐fan‐building turbidity currents by Jobe, Zane R., Howes, Nick, Romans, Brian W., Covault, Jacob A.

“…Submarine fans are archives of Earth‐surface processes and change, recording information about the turbidity currents that construct and sculpt them. The…”
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Rapid Climatic Signal Propagation from Source to Sink in a Southern California Sediment‐Routing System by Covault, Jacob A., Romans, Brian W., Fildani, Andrea, McGann, Mary, Graham, Stephan A.

“…Terrestrial source areas are linked to deep‐sea basins by sediment‐routing systems, which only recently have been studied with a holistic approach focused on…”
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Grain-Size and Discharge Controls on Submarine-Fan Depositional Patterns From Forward Stratigraphic Models by Hawie, Nicolas, Covault, Jacob A., Sylvester, Zoltán

“…Submarine fans are important components of continental margins; they contain a stratigraphic record of environmental changes and host large accumulations of…”
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The influence of mass-transport-deposit surface topography on the evolution of turbidite architecture; the Sierra Contreras, Tres Pasos Formation (Cretaceous), southern Chile by Armitage, Dominic A, Romans, Brian W, Covault, Jacob A, Graham, Stephan A

“…The Upper Cretaceous Tres Pasos Formation, exposed on the Sierra Contreras, southern Chile, provides an exceptional opportunity to document well-exposed…”
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