The search for once-habitable locations on Mars is increasingly focused on environments dominated by fluvial and lacustrine processes, such as those investigated by the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover. The availability of liquid water coupled with the potential longevity of such systems renders these localities prime targets for the future exploration of Martian biosignatures. Fluvial-l...

Although Titan’s surface shows clear evidence of erosional modification, such as fluvial incision, evidence for tectonism has been less apparent. On Earth, fluvial networks with strongly preferred orientations are often associated with structural features, such as faults or joints, that influence flow or erodibility. We delineated and classified the morphologies of fluvial drainages on Titan an...

The steep-walled bedrock gorges of the Greater Himalayan rivers currently lack significant stored sediment, suggesting that fluvial erosion and transport capacity outpace the supply of sediment from adjacent hillsides. Despite this appearance of sustained downcutting, such rivers can become choked with sediments and aggrade during intervals of higher precipitation. Cosmogenic dating (10Be and 2...

Submitted to the Texas Water Development Board 2 PREFACE This report is submitted in fulfillment of contract no. 2005-483-564 between the Texas Water Development Board and Jonathan Phillips (doing business as Copperhead Road Geoscience). The report is presented in two more-or-less independent parts, reflecting the Scope of Work for the project. The first is a review and evaluation of geomorphic...

The Amazon river is subject to major geomorphological changes between the hydrologic periods of flood and dry. Such changes can be mapped and detected by remote sensing techniques. In this context, this research had as objective to evaluate the dynamics of this great fluvial system, in the stretch between the cities of Manaus and Itacoatiara, in the period of 20 years. The results showed the pr...

In the desert of Abarkoh Basin, Central Iran, the influence of playa-lake level fluctuations on recent sedimentation mode of a terminal ephemeral fluvial-fan system and adjacent lacustrine/aeolian sediments of a playa fringe environment has been investigated. The surface geomorphology-sedimentology and its relationship with shallow subsurface sediments along a >25 km transect, has been studied....

Introduction: The recent observations about different waterand ice-related features on Nepenthes region of Mars [1] [2] [3], and the evidence of changes on the Oceanus Borealis’ water level on this region [4] [5] inspired the work here presented. What are exactly the water-related landforms (glacial, periglacial, fluvial, etc) existing in this region of Mars? How are they spatially distributed?...

Hinwood, J.B. and McLean, E.J., 2000. Monitoring and modelling tidal regime changes following inlet scour. Journal of Coastal Research. Royal Palm Beach (Florida), ISSN J. Coastal Research, Special Publn. 34, pp 449-458, 2001 Entrance closure has been identified by the local coastal communities as one of the more important management problems for the small barrier estuaries. The paper describes...

[1] A numerical model has been developed to predict the evolution and degree of incision and deposition by fluvial channels on the continental shelf during sea level cycles. Rainfall-runoff, mass wasting processes, and fluvial sediment entrainment and transport are simulated using the detachment-limited model of Howard [1994] on a grid that represents the morphology of the continental shelf and...

Available online 10 April 2013 Fluvial systems include natural and human-created barriers that modify local base level; as such, these discontinuities alter the longitudinal flux of water and sediment by storing, releasing, or changing the flow path of those materials. Even in the absence of distinct barriers, fluvial systems are typically discontinuous and patchy. The size of fluvial discontin...