It has long been recognized that global Pleistocene-Holocene material fluxes are qualitatively distinct from those of the earlier Cenozoic and Mesozoic, but the full extent of the differences has only ...

Erosion of Earth's topography entrains sediment in rivers flowing across mountains, canyons and other naturally steep landscapes within the catchment. This silt, sand and gravel is transported ...

Fluvial dynamics during the Quaternary encompass the processes by which rivers and streams shape the Earth’s surface in response to climatic oscillations, tectonic movements and sediment supply. Over ...

Quaternary deltaic systems record the interplay of rivers, waves and rising sea levels over the past 2.6 million years. These deltas typically comprise stacked channel belts, overbank fines and ...