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Processes that initiate turbidity currents and their influence on turbidites; a marine geology perspective by Piper, David J. W, Normark, William R

“…How the processes that initiate turbidity currents influence turbidite deposition is poorly understood, and many discussions in the literature rely on concepts…”
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Lake Agassiz outburst age and routing by Labrador Current and the 8.2 cal ka cold event by Lewis, C.F.M., Miller, A.A.L., Levac, E., Piper, D.J.W., Sonnichsen, G.V.

“…Catastrophic drainage of glacial Lake Agassiz, impounded by the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS), into Hudson Bay and Strait is widely thought to have caused the…”
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Geochemical identification of clastic sediment provenance from known sources of similar geology; the Cretaceous Scotian Basin, Canada by Pe-Piper, Georgia, Triantafyllidis, Stavros, Piper, David J. W

“…This study tests the effectiveness of a geochemical approach in identifying provenance in a basin where different sources do not show strongly contrasting…”
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Stratigraphic and sedimentological evidence for late Wisconsinan sub-glacial outburst floods to Laurentian Fan by Piper, David J.W., Shaw, John, Skene, Kenneth I.

“…Sub-glacial meltwater produces a distinctive stratigraphic and sedimentological response on the continental margin. Seismo-stratigraphy of Laurentian Channel…”
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Linking onshore-offshore sediment dispersal in the Golo source-to-sink system (Corsica, France) during the late Quaternary by Somme, Tor O, Piper, David J. W, Deptuck, Mark E, Helland-Hansen, William

“…Spatial and temporal relationships between climate, tectonics, and sea level have a primary control on sediment transport, storage, and deposition in onshore…”
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Late Quaternary stratigraphy and sedimentology of Orphan Basin: Implications for meltwater dispersal in the southern Labrador Sea by Tripsanas, Efthymios K., Piper, David J.W.

“…Orphan Basin is a deep-water basin on the continental margin off Newfoundland, which throughout the late Quaternary received proglacial sediment from local ice…”
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The sequence of events around the epicentre of the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: initiation of debris flows and turbidity current inferred from sidescan sonar by Piper, David J. W., Cochonat, Pierre, Morrison, Martin L.

“…Continental slope sediment failures around the epicentre of the 1929 ‘Grand Banks’ earthquake have been imaged with the SAR (Système Acoustique Remorqué)…”
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Quaternary neotectonics of the South Aegean arc by Piper, D.J.W., Perissoratis, C.

“…The sedimentary and tectonic Quaternary evolution of the South Aegean arc has been interpreted from 8000 line-km of sparker seismic reflection profiles. The…”
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Glaciogenic debris-flow deposits of Orphan Basin, offshore Eastern Canada; sedimentological and rheological properties, origin, and relationship to meltwater discharge by Tripsanas, Efthymios K, Piper, David J. W

“…Glaciogenic debris-flow deposits (GDFs) have been recognized in the last decade seaward of many shelf-crossing ice streams. The rheology of GDFs remains poorly…”
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Authigenesis of titania minerals and the mobility of Ti; new evidence from pro-deltaic sandstones, Cretaceous Scotian Basin, Canada by Pe-Piper, Georgia, Karim, Atika, Piper, David J. W

“…Titania (TiO2) minerals are minor diagenetic phases in many sandstone-shale successions, but the conditions of Ti mobility and titania authigenesis are poorly…”
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Evolution and depositional structure of earthquake-induced mass movements and gravity flows: Southwest Orphan Basin, Labrador Sea by Tripsanas, Efthymios K., Piper, David J.W., Campbell, D. Calvin

“…A series of submarine canyons on the southwest slope of Orphan Basin experienced complex failure at 7–8 cal ka that resulted in the formation of a large…”
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Earthquake and flood-induced turbidites in the Saguenay Fjord (Québec): a Holocene paleoseismicity record by St-Onge, Guillaume, Mulder, Thierry, Piper, David J.W., Hillaire-Marcel, Claude, Stoner, Joseph S.

“…A 38 m-long piston core from the deep basin of the Saguenay Fjord, Québec, recorded rapidly deposited layers (RDL) interpreted to represent major floods and…”
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Variability in form and growth of sediment waves on turbidite channel levees by Normark, William R., Piper, David J.W., Posamentier, Henry, Pirmez, Carlos, Migeon, Sébastien

“…Fine-grained sediment waves have been observed in many modern turbidite systems, generally restricted to the overbank depositional element. Sediment waves…”
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The influence of shelf-crossing glaciation on continental slope sedimentation, Flemish Pass, eastern Canadian continental margin by Huppertz, Tammo J., Piper, David J.W.

“…Flemish Pass is a small, perched slope basin seaward of the Grand Banks on the eastern Canadian continental margin. Glacial ice crossed the Grand Banks to…”
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Late Cenozoic evolution of Laurentian Fan: Development of a glacially-fed submarine fan by Skene, Kenneth I., Piper, David J.W.

“…The Late Cenozoic evolution of the upper Laurentian Fan, offshore eastern Canada, was studied by integrating single and multi-channel airgun seismic surveys…”
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Alteration of ilmenite in the Cretaceous sandstones of Nova Scotia, southeastern Canada by Pe-Piper, Georgia, Piper, David J. W, Dolansky, Lila

“…Most detrital ilmenite grains in sandstones of the Chaswood Formation are completely altered to pseudorutile, leucoxene and rutile. The textural, chemical and…”
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Neotectonics and the Kos Plateau Tuff eruption of 161 ka, South Aegean arc by Pe-Piper, Georgia, Piper, David J.W., Perissoratis, Constantine

“…A high-resolution seismic-reflection survey of the area between Kos and Tilos islands is used to constrain the nature of the Kos Plateau Tuff (KPT) eruption…”
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Regional implications of geochemistry and style of emplacement of Miocene I-type diorite and granite, Delos, Cyclades, Greece by Pe-Piper, Georgia, Piper, David J.W, Matarangas, Dionysis

“…The Miocene plutons of the Cyclades were emplaced in a subduction setting during regional back-arc extension of continental crust, that led to flat-lying…”
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Late Neogene evolution of the western South Aegean volcanic arc: sedimentary imprint of volcanicity around Milos by Anastasakis, George, Piper, David J.W.

“…The distribution and stratigraphy of volcanic rocks around the island of Milos has been interpreted from seismic reflection profiles. A consistent seismic…”
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The roles of pedogenesis and diagenesis in clay mineral assemblages: Lower Cretaceous fluvial mudrocks, Nova Scotia, Canada by Piper, David J.W., Hundert, Thian, Pe-Piper, Georgia, Okwese, Ann C.

“…Clay mineral assemblages in alluvial mudrocks are important for paleoclimatic interpretation and for understanding burial diagenetic cementation in sandstones,…”
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