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Limited Mediterranean sea-level drop during the Messinian salinity crisis inferred from the buried Nile canyon
The extreme Mediterranean sea-level drop during the Messinian salinity crisis has been known for >50 years, but its amplitude and duration remain a...
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Paleocene-Eocene volcanic segmentation of the Norwegian-Greenland seaway reorganized high-latitude ocean circulation
The paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic development of the Norwegian–Greenland seaway remains poorly understood, despite its importance for the...
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Geomorphological Diversity and Sea Level Rise Vulnerabilities on India’s East Coast
India’s east coast stretches from the lower part of the Ganga delta in the Bengal basin to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu along the sea shores of the Bay...
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Geodynamic oxidation of Archean terrestrial surfaces
One of the paradoxes of the Archean rock record is how evidence for oxidative continental weathering is plausible when the atmosphere lacked oxygen...
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Studies on the Evolution of Sedimentary Rock Formation As a Clue to the Solution of Several General Geological Problems
Studies on the distribution of detrital rocks, reefs, and sand-to-clay rock ratios show that geological history has witnessed the gradual...
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Large Infrequently Operated River Diversions for Mississippi Delta Restoration
Currently the Mississippi delta stands as a highly degraded and threatened coastal ecosystem having lost about 25% of coastal wetlands during the...
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A Brief History of Delta Formation and Deterioration
The Mississippi River (MR) delta formed over the last several 1000 years as a series of overlap** deltaic lobes in various stages of progradation...
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A Drowned Lagunar Channel in the Southern Brazilian Coast in Response to the 8.2-ka Event: Diatom and Seismic Stratigraphy
Drowning of the coast was initiated by a marine inundation after the Last Glacial Maximum (marine isotope stage (MIS) 2) and has continued during the...
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The Prelude to Continental Invasion
The colonization of land by animals was a major evolutionary transition. Ichnologic evidence suggests that this process may have begun at the end of...
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Deglaciation of the Northern Irish Sea Basin
The northern part of the Irish Sea Basin (ISB) has a complex late Midlandian ice advance and retreat history. In northeastern Ireland (between...
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The Conceptual and Methodological Tools of Ichnology
In order to be able to turn our attention to the potential of trace fossils to unravel information on evolutionary events, the conceptual and...
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The Establishment of Continental Ecosystems
The colonization of land was a major evolutionary transition. Following a protracted prelude to the terrestrial invasion during the Ediacaran to...
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Coastal Habitats of the Gulf of Mexico
Urbanization and industrial development pressures have seriously impacted coastal ecosystems, including vegetated intertidal and subtidal marine...
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The Mesozoic Lacustrine Revolution
The Mesozoic Lacustrine Revolution (MLR) represents a significant evolutionary event for continental ecosystems. Evidence from the ichnologic and...
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Soils of Marie Byrd Land
The whole area of the Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is more than 200,000 km2.
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How Deltas Work: A Brief Look at the Mississippi River Delta in a Global Context
River deltas have been a preferred human habitat due to their high productivity, rich biodiversity, and easy transport along abundant waterways. It...
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Underneath the Pantanal Wetland: A Deep-Time History of Gondwana Assembly, Climate Change, and the Dawn of Metazoan Life
Underneath the wetlands of the Brazilian Pantanal are hidden key ecological and geological events of the history of our planet. In this chapter we...
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A Channeled Shelf Fan Initiated by Flooding of the Black Sea
High-resolution map** and reflection profiling reveal a depositional fan on the Black Sea SW shelf fed from the Strait of Istanbul (Bosporus). The...
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Adapting to Change in the Lowermost Mississippi River: Implications for Navigation, Flood Control and Restoration of the Delta Ecosystem
The Lowermost Mississippi River (LMMR), from the Gulf of Mexico to 520 km above Head of Passes, remains critical for flood conveyance and transport...
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Stratigraphic and structural setting of the Ischia volcanic complex (Naples Bay, Southern Italy) revealed by submarine seismic reflection data
High-resolution seismic reflection profiles (Sparker Multitip) offshore southern Ischia Island (Naples Bay) are presented, together with a geological...
