Search Results - "Syvitski, J."

Profiling risk and sustainability in coastal deltas of the world by Tessler, Z. D., Vörösmarty, C. J., Grossberg, M., Gladkova, I., Aizenman, H., Syvitski, J. P. M., Foufoula-Georgiou, E.

“…Deltas are highly sensitive to increasing risks arising from local human activities, land subsidence, regional water management, global sea-level rise, and…”
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Substantial export of suspended sediment to the global oceans from glacial erosion in Greenland by Overeem, I., Hudson, B. D., Syvitski, J. P. M., Mikkelsen, A. B., Hasholt, B., van den Broeke, M. R., Noël, B. P. Y., Morlighem, M.

“…Limited measurements along Greenland’s remote coastline hamper quantification of the sediment and associated nutrients draining the Greenland ice sheet,…”
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Global river slope: A new geospatial dataset and global-scale analysis by Cohen, Sagy, Wan, Tong, Islam, Md Tazmul, Syvitski, J.P.M.

“…•The Global River Slope (GloRS) geospatial dataset is introduced.•Automate river slope calculation based on stream network vector layer and a DEM.•Upscaling…”
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Global mapping of storm surges and the assessment of coastal vulnerability by Brakenridge, G. R., Syvitski, J. P. M., Overeem, I., Higgins, S. A., Kettner, A. J., Stewart-Moore, J. A., Westerhoff, R.

“…The measurement and recording of the height and spatial extent reached by coastal storm surges is fundamental to scientific progress in understanding these…”
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Recent deforestation causes rapid increase in river sediment load in the Colombian Andes by Restrepo, J.D., Kettner, A.J., Syvitski, J.P.M.

“…•We estimate the amount of sediment liberated by deforestation within a major Andean basin.•Model adjustments were used to establish the…”
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Design with nature: Causation and avoidance of catastrophic flooding, Myanmar by Brakenridge, G.R., Syvitski, J.P.M., Niebuhr, E., Overeem, I., Higgins, S.A., Kettner, A.J., Prades, L.

“…Myanmar is among 15 nations that account for 80% of global population exposed to flooding. In 2008, the country suffered exceptional damage and human…”
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MODIS observed increase in duration and spatial extent of sediment plumes in Greenland fjords by Hudson, B, Overeem, I, McGrath, D, Syvitski, J. P. M, Mikkelsen, A, Hasholt, B

“…The freshwater flux from the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) to the North Atlantic Ocean carries extensive but poorly documented volumes of sediment. We develop a…”
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Basin-scale land use impacts on world deltas: Human vs natural forcings by Ibáñez, C., Alcaraz, C., Caiola, N., Prado, P., Trobajo, R., Benito, X., Day, J.W., Reyes, E., Syvitski, J.P.M.

“…A new global database of 86 deltas and river basins was analyzed to investigate the relative importance of deforestation and land use changes versus natural…”
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Warming of waters in an East Greenland fjord prior to glacier retreat: mechanisms and connection to large-scale atmospheric conditions by Christoffersen, P., Mugford, R. I., Heywood, K. J., Joughin, I., Dowdeswell, J. A., Syvitski, J. P. M., Luckman, A., Benham, T. J.

“…Hydrographic data acquired in Kangerdlugssuaq Fjord and adjacent seas in 1993 and 2004 are used together with reanalysis from the NEMO ocean modelling…”
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Cyclone-driven deep sea injection of freshwater and heat by hyperpycnal flow in the subtropics by Kao, S. J., Dai, M., Selvaraj, K., Zhai, W., Cai, P., Chen, S. N., Yang, J. Y. T., Liu, J. T., Liu, C. C., Syvitski, J. P. M.

“…The western tropical Pacific gives birth to 23 tropical cyclones annually, bringing torrential rainfall to mountainous islands across Oceania resulting in a…”
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A Spatial Simulation Experiment to Replicate Fluvial Sediment Fluxes within the Magdalena River Basin, Colombia by Kettner, A. J., Restrepo, J. D., Syvitski, J. P. M.

“…Spatial variation of natural conditions (geomorphology, geography, and geology) and human perturbations (deforestation and reservoir retention) in river basins…”
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Modeling suspended sediment discharge from the Waipaoa River system, New Zealand: The last 3000 years by Kettner, A.J, Gomez, B, Syvitski, J.P.M

“…1 HydroTrend, a hydrologic-transport model, is used to simulate the water and suspended sediment discharge of the Waipaoa River system over the last 3 Kyr, a…”
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On the flux of water and sediment into the Northern Adriatic Sea by Syvitski, J.P.M., Kettner, Albert J

“…This paper focuses on the delivery of water and sediment to the northern Adriatic to better understand the short-term evolution of continental margin…”
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Fluvial responses to environmental perturbations in the Northern Mediterranean since the Last Glacial Maximum by Kettner, A.J., Syvitski, J.P.M.

“…The numerical model HydroTrend, that produces daily time series of water discharge and sediment load to the ocean, is applied to three Mediterranean drainage…”
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Simulating changes to the sediment transport regime of the Waipaoa River, New Zealand, driven by climate change in the twenty-first century by Gomez, B., Cui, Y., Kettner, A.J., Peacock, D.H., Syvitski, J.P.M.

“…A one-dimensional sediment transport model ( TUGS) and a climate-driven hydrological model ( HydroTrend) are used to predict changes to the sediment transport…”
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Isostatic flexure of a finite slope due to sea-level rise and fall by Hutton, E.W.H., Syvitski, J.P.M., Watts, A.B.

“…Sea level has risen on order of 100m since the last glacial maximum (LGM), increasing the load on continental shelves and inducing lithospheric flexure. An…”
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Turbidity Currents Generated at River Mouths during Exceptional Discharges to the World Oceans by Mulder, Thierry, Syvitski, James P. M.

“…A marine hyperpycnal plume is a particular kind of turbidity current occurring at a river mouth when the concentration of suspended sediment is so large that…”
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Climatic and Morphologic Relationships of Rivers: Implications of Sea-Level Fluctuations on River Loads by Mulder, Thierry, Syvitski, J. P. M.

“…The characteristics of 279 rivers that discharge into the world oceans are analyzed in terms of their basin hydrology (river discharge), morphometry (basin…”
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Numerical modelling of a mid-sized gravity flow: the 1979 Nice turbidity current (dynamics, processes, sediment budget and seafloor impact) by MULDER, T., SAVOYE, B., SYVITSKI, J. P. M.

“…ABSTRACT The 1979 Nice turbidity current is modelled using a visco‐plastic analysis of flow velocity because the initial flow concentrations are expected to…”
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Estimating fluvial sediment transport: The rating parameters by Syvitski, James P., Morehead, Mark D., Bahr, David B., Mulder, Thierry

“…Correlations between suspended sediment load rating parameters, river basin morphology, and climate provide information about the physical controls on the…”
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