Papers I’m Reading — July 2010

Here is this month’s installment in the papers I’m reading series:

• Di Achille, G. and Hynek, B.M., 2010, Ancient ocean on Mars supported by global distribution of deltas and valleys: Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo891. [link]
• Sambrook Smith, G.H., et al., 2010, Can we distinguish flood frequency and magnitude in the sedimentological records of rivers?: Geology, doi: 10.1130/G30861.1. [link]
• Lamb, M.P., et al., 2010, Linking river-flood dynamics to hyperpycnal-plume deposits: Experiments, theory, and geological implications: Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi: 10.1130/B30125.1. [link]
• Heinrich, R., et al., in press, Climate and sea level induced turbidite activity in a canyon system offshore the hyperarid western Sahara (Mauritania): The Timiris Canyon: Marine Geology, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.05.011. [link]
• Zahid, K.M. and Barbeau, D.L. Jr., 2010, Provenance of eastern Magallanes Basin sediments: Heavy mineral analysis reveals Paleogene tectonic unroofing of the Fuegian Andes hinterland: Sedimentary Geology, doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.06.006. [link]
• Herman, F., et al., in press, Uniform erosion rates and relief amplitude during glacial cycles in the southern Alps in New Zealand, as revealed from OSL-thermochronology: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.019. [link]

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