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Quantitative metrics that describe river deltas and their channel networks by Edmonds, Douglas A., Paola, Chris, Hoyal, David C. J. D., Sheets, Ben A.

“…Densely populated river deltas are losing land at an alarming rate and to successfully restore these environments we must understand the details of their…”
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Three‐dimensional submerged wall jets and their transition to density flows: Morphodynamics and implications for the depositional record by Lang, Jörg, Fedele, Juan J., Hoyal, David C. J. D., Cartigny, Matthieu

“…Jets that expand from an orifice into an ambient water body represent a basic flow model for depositional environments related to expanding flows…”
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Autogenic incision-backfilling cycles and lobe formation during the growth of alluvial fans with supercritical distributaries by Hamilton, Paul B., Strom, Kyle, Hoyal, David C. J. D.

“…Autogenic cycles of channelization, terminal deposit formation, channel backfilling and channel abandonment have been observed in the formation of fans and…”
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Settling-driven convection: A mechanism of sedimentation from stratified fluids by Hoyal, David C. J. D., Bursik, Marcus I., Atkinson, Joseph F.

“…Convection driven by sediment particles may play an important role in sedimentation from the base of buoyant (hypopycnal) plumes, for example, fluvial plumes…”
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Hydraulic and sediment transport properties of autogenic avulsion cycles on submarine fans with supercritical distributaries by Hamilton, Paul B., Strom, Kyle B., Hoyal, David C. J. D.

“…Submarine fans, like other distributive systems, are built by repeated avulsion cycles. However, relative to deltas and alluvial fans, much less is known about…”
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Noninvasive Methods for Hydraulic Characterization of Density Currents with Application to Submarine Fan Experiments by Hamilton, Paul B, Strom, Kyle B, Hoyal, David C. J. D

“…AbstractLaboratory experiments are a convenient way to study morphodynamic processes associated with subaqueous fans. However, the flows driving such systems…”
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Re-examining models of shallow-water deltas: Insights from tank experiments and field examples by Winsemann, Jutta, Lang, Jörg, Fedele, Juan J., Zavala, Carlos, Hoyal, David C.J.D.

“…Shallow-water deltas remain enigmatic in terms of placing the observed facies within a coherent process-based depositional model. Here we report tank…”
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Quantifiable effectiveness of experimental scaling of river- and delta morphodynamics and stratigraphy by Kleinhans, Maarten G., van Dijk, Wout M., van de Lageweg, Wietse I., Hoyal, David C.J.D., Markies, Henk, van Maarseveen, Marcel, Roosendaal, Chris, van Weesep, Wendell, van Breemen, Dimitri, Hoendervoogt, Remko, Cheshier, Nathan

“…Laboratory experiments to simulate landscapes and stratigraphy often suffer from scale effects, because reducing length- and time scales leads to different…”
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The influence of diffusive convection on sedimentation from buoyant plumes by Hoyal, David C.J.D, Bursik, Marcus I, Atkinson, Joseph F

“…Diffusive convection driven by the differential diffusion of density altering fluid properties may enhance the scavenging of particles from natural buoyant…”
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Acoustic imaging of small water-lain sand deposits by Deffenbaugh, Max, Adair, Neal L., Hoyal, David C. J. D., Giffin, David E.

“…Reduced-scale physical modeling of depositional systems, like submarine fans, river deltas, and point bars, provides insight into the formation and internal…”
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