OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sedimentology is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Mixed siliciclastic–carbonate sedimentation in an evolving epicontinental sea: Aptian record of marginal marine settings in the interior basins of north‐eastern Brazil	49
Evaluating new fault‐controlled hydrothermal dolomitization models: Insights from the Cambrian Dolomite, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin	47
An integrated process‐based model of flutes and tool marks in deep‐water environments: Implications for palaeohydraulics, the Bouma sequence and hybrid event beds	47
Marine carbonate factories: Review and update	44
Contourite characterization and its discrimination from other deep‐water deposits in the Gulf of Cadiz contourite depositional system	37
Geochemical fingerprints of dolomitization in Bahamian carbonates: Evidence from sulphur, calcium, magnesium and clumped isotopes	36
The mantle, CO₂ and the giant Aptian chemogenic lacustrine carbonate factory of the South Atlantic: Some carbonates are made, not born	34
Response of large benthic foraminifera to climate and local changes: Implications for future carbonate production	34
Bedforms and sedimentary structures related to supercritical flows in glacigenic settings	33
Diagnostic criteria using microfacies for calcareous contourites, turbidites and pelagites in the Eocene–Miocene slope succession, southern Cyprus	32
High‐resolution X‐ray fluorescence profiling of hybrid event beds: Implications for sediment gravity flow behaviour and deposit structure	31
True substrates: The exceptional resolution and unexceptional preservation of deep time snapshots on bedding surfaces	29
Ocean acidification and photic‐zone anoxia at the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event: Insights from the Adriatic Carbonate Platform	29
Sedimentology of the continental end‐Permian extinction event in the Sydney Basin, eastern Australia	28
Reservoir architecture and heterogeneity distribution in floodplain sandstones: Key features in outcrop, core and wireline logs	26
Sedimentology of the Upper Pennsylvanian organic‐rich Cline Shale, Midland Basin: From gravity flows to pelagic suspension fallout	25
The role of hydrothermal fluids in sedimentation in saline alkaline lakes: Evidence from Nasikie Engida, Kenya Rift Valley	25
Early and pervasive dolomitization by near‐normal marine fluids: New lessons from an Eocene evaporative setting in Qatar	25
Microplastics as a sedimentary component in reef systems: A case study from the Java Sea	25
Reconstruction of bedform dynamics controlled by supercritical flow in the channel–lobe transition zone of a deep‐water delta (Sant Llorenç del Munt, north‐east Spain, Eocene)	24
The anatomy of exhumed river‐channel belts: Bedform to belt‐scale river kinematics of the Ruby Ranch Member, Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA	23
Reduce or recycle? Revealing source to sink links through integrated zircon–feldspar provenance fingerprinting	22
Intensifying aeolian activity following the end‐Permian mass extinction: Evidence from the Late Permian–Early Triassic terrestrial sedimentary record of the Ordos Basin, North China	22
Distribution of contourite drifts on convergent margins: Examples from the Hikurangi subduction margin of New Zealand	21
Contourite depositional system after the exit of a strait: Case study from the late Miocene South Rifian Corridor, Morocco	21

Bedforms on the submarine flanks of insular volcanoes: New insights gained from high resolution seafloor surveys	20
The influence of basin setting and turbidity current properties on the dimensions of submarine lobe elements	20
Syn‐rift mass flow generated ‘tectonofacies’ and ‘tectonosequences’ of the Kingston Peak Formation, Death Valley, California, and their bearing on supposed Neoproterozoic panglacial climates	19
Relative influence of antecedent topography and sea‐level rise on barrier‐island migration	18
Palaeoecological, sedimentological and stratigraphical insights into microbially induced sedimentary structures of the lower Cambrian successions of Iran	18
Storm‐flood‐dominated delta: A new type of delta in stormy oceans	18
Inferring time averaging and hiatus durations in the stratigraphic record of high‐frequency depositional sequences	17
Recognizing the product of concave‐bank sedimentary processes in fluvial meander‐belt strata	16
Towards a new understanding of the genesis of chalk: Diagenetic origin of micarbs confirmed by clumped isotope analysis	16
Quantifying the three‐dimensional stratigraphic expression of cyclic steps by integrating seafloor and deep‐water outcrop observations	16
Accommodation and sediment‐supply controls on clastic parasequences: A meta‐analysis	16
Biogeochemical reappraisal of the freshwater–seawater mixing‐zone diagenetic model	15
The onset of the Messinian Salinity Crisis in the central Mediterranean recorded by pre‐salt carbonate/evaporite deposition	15
Calcite uranium–lead geochronology applied to hardground lithification and sequence boundary dating	15
Relating seafloor geomorphology to subsurface architecture: How mass‐transport deposits and knickpoint‐zones build the stratigraphy of the deep‐water Hikurangi Channel	15
Nucleation and stabilization of Eocene dolomite in evaporative lacustrine deposits from central Tibetan plateau	15
Sedimentology and stratigraphy of a modern halite sequence formed under Dead Sea level fall	15
Quantitative evaluation of the roles of ocean chemistry and climate on ooid size across the Phanerozoic: Global versus local controls	15
Application of end‐member modelling to grain‐size data: Constraints and limitations	15
Sedimentary facies, fossil distribution and depositional setting of the late Ediacaran Tamengo Formation (Brazil)	15
Cenozoic coastal carbonate deposits of Qatar: Evidence for dolomite preservation bias in highly‐arid systems	14
Reconstructing the morphologies and hydrodynamics of ancient rivers from source to sink: Cretaceous Western Interior Basin, Utah, USA	14
Extensive recrystallization of Cenozoic dolomite during shallow burial: A case study from the Palaeocene–Eocene Umm er Radhuma formation and a global meta‐analysis	14
Properties of dust source material and volcanic ash in Iceland	14
The depositional signature of cyclic steps: A late Quaternary analogue compared to modern active delta slopes	14
A giant lacustrine flood‐related turbidite system in the Triassic Ordos Basin, China: Sedimentary processes and depositional architecture	14
Hybrid event bed character and distribution in the context of ancient deep‐lacustrine fan models	14
Multiple organic–inorganic interactions and influences on heterogeneous carbonate‐cementation patterns: Example from Silurian deeply buried sandstones, central Tarim Basin, north‐western China	14
Signature of modern glacial lake outburst floods in fjord sediments (Baker River, southern Chile)	14
What controls the remobilization and deformation of surficial sediment by seismic shaking? Linking lacustrine slope stratigraphy to great earthquakes in South–Central Chile	14
The role of shelf morphology on storm‐bed variability and stratigraphic architecture, Lower Cretaceous, Svalbard	14
Exploring a new breadth of cyclic steps on distal submarine fans	13
The role of sediment gravity flows on the morphological development of a large submarine canyon (Taiwan Canyon), north‐east South China Sea	13
Anatomy of a mixed bioclastic–siliciclastic regressive tidal sand ridge: Facies‐based case study from the lower Pleistocene Siderno Strait, southern Italy	13
Mixed carbonate–siliciclastic tidal sedimentation in the Miocene to Pliocene Bouse Formation, palaeo‐Gulf of California	13
Repetitive Late Pleistocene soft‐sediment deformation by seismicity‐induced liquefaction in north‐western Lithuania	13
Evolution from syn‐rift carbonates to early post‐rift deep‐marine intraslope lobes: The role of rift basin physiography on sedimentation patterns	13
Controls on carbonate platform architecture and reef recovery across the Palaeozoic to Mesozoic transition: A high‐resolution analysis of the Great Bank of Guizhou	12
Recognizing key sedimentary facies and their distribution in mixed turbidite–contourite depositional systems: The case of the Pacific margin of the Antarctic Peninsula	12
Reading tidal processes where their signature is cryptic: The Maastrichtian meandering channel deposits of the Tremp Formation (Southern Pyrenees, Spain)	12
The turnaround from transgression to regression of Holocene barrier systems in south‐eastern Australia: Geomorphology, geological framework and geochronology	12
Depositional age models in lacustrine systems from zircon and carbonate U‐Pb geochronology	12
Hybrid event beds generated by erosional bulking of modern hyperpycnal flows on the Choshui River delta front, Taiwan Strait	12
Knickpoints and crescentic bedform interactions in submarine channels	11
Sedimentological and palaeoenvironmental study from Waregi Hill in the Hiwegi Formation (early Miocene) on Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya	11
Tidal dynamics in palaeo‐seas in response to changes in physiography, tidal forcing and bed shear stress	11
Sedimentary anatomy and hydrological record of relic fluvial deposits in a karst cave conduit	11
Giant sector‐collapse structures (scalloped margins) of the Yangtze Platform and Great Bank of Guizhou, China: Implications for genesis of collapsed carbonate platform margin systems	11
The Vaca Muerta transgression (Upper Jurassic), Neuquén Basin, Argentina: Insights into the evolution and timing of aeolian–marine transitions	11
Sedimentary processes at the mouth of a tidally‐influenced delta: New insights from submarine observatory measurements, Fraser Delta, Canada	11

Biomineralization processes in modern calcareous tufa: Possible roles of viruses, vesicles and extracellular polymeric substances (Corvino Valley – Southern Italy)	11
Detrital zircon in an active sedimentary recycling system: Challenging the ‘source‐to‐sink’ approach to zircon‐based provenance analysis	11
Abiotic and biotic processes controlling travertine deposition: Insights from eight hot springs in Japan	11
A mixed turbidite – contourite system related to a major submarine canyon: The Marquês de Pombal Drift (south‐west Iberian margin)	11
Why did some larger benthic foraminifera become so large and flat?	11
A stratigraphic example of the architecture and evolution of shallow water mouth bars	10
On the origin and significance of composite particles in mudstones: Examples from the Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation	10
From Patagonia to Río de la Plata: Multistep long‐distance littoral transport of Andean volcaniclastic sand along the Argentine passive margin	10
Nebkha dune morphology in the gobi deserts of northern China and potential implications for dust emission	10
Upper Cretaceous bottom current deposits, north‐east Greenland	10
Carbonate cementation in the Tithonian Jeanne d’Arc sandstone, Terra Nova Field, Newfoundland: Implications for reservoir quality evolution	10
Instant sedimentation in a deep Alpine lake (Iseo, Italy) controlled by climate, human and geodynamic forcing	10
Micro‐scale chemical and physical patterns in an interface of hydrothermal dolomitization reveals the governing transport mechanisms in nature: Case of the Layens anticline, Pyrenees, France	10
An integrative physical, mineralogical and ichnological approach to characterize underfilled lake‐basins	9
Three‐dimensional submerged wall jets and their transition to density flows: Morphodynamics and implications for the depositional record	9
Fault‐controlled dolostone geometries in a transgressive–regressive sequence stratigraphic framework	9
Order of diagenetic events controls evolution of porosity and permeability in carbonates	9
Unusual intraclast conglomerates in a stormy, hot‐house lake: The Early Triassic North China Basin	9
Stratigraphic hierarchy and three‐dimensional evolution of an exhumed submarine slope channel system	9
Cryospheric processes in Quaternary and Cretaceous hyper‐arid plateau desert oases	9
Porosity in chalk – roles of elastic strain and plastic strain	9
River‐dominated and tide‐influenced shelf‐edge delta systems: Coarse‐grained deltas straddling the Early–Middle Jurassic shelf–slope break and transforming downslope, Lajas–Los Molles formations, Neuq	9
Microbial contribution to early marine cementation	9
Dissolved silica‐driven dolomite precipitation in the Great Salt Lake, Utah, and its implication for dolomite formation environments	9
A coarse‐grained basin floor turbidite system – the Jurassic Los Molles Formation, Neuquen Basin, Argentina	9
Non‐classical crystallization of very high magnesium calcite and magnesite in the Coorong Lakes, Australia	9
Coeval deposition of transgressive and normal regressive stratal packages in a structurally controlled area of the Viking Formation, central Alberta, Canada	9
Geomorphology of a modern carbonate slope system and associated sedimentary processes: Example of the giant Great Abaco Canyon, Bahamas	9
Controls on the stratal architecture of lacustrine delta successions in low‐accommodation conditions	9
Mixed carbonate–siliciclastic sedimentation at the margin of a late Miocene tidal strait, lower Colorado River Valley, south‐western USA	9
Neogene marine sediments and biota encapsulated between lava flows on Santa Maria Island (Azores, north‐east Atlantic): An interplay between sedimentary, erosional and volcanic processes	9
Reducing microenvironments promote incorporation of magnesium ions into authigenic carbonate forming at methane seeps: Constraints for dolomite formation	9
The sedimentary record of Quaternary glacial to interglacial sea‐level change on a subtropical carbonate ramp: Southwest Shelf of Australia	8
Detecting initial aragonite and calcite variations in limestone–marl alternations	8
Lake level controls the recurrence of giant stromatolite facies	8
Deformation patterns of upper Quaternary strata and their relation to active tectonics, Po Basin, Italy	8
Changes in hydrodynamic process dominance (wave, tide or river) in foreland sequences: The subalpine Miocene Molasse revisited (France)	8
Early Miocene carbonate ramp development in a warm ocean, North West Shelf, Australia	8
The depositional signature of high‐aggradation chute‐and‐pool bedforms: The build‐and‐fill structure	8
Trunk river and tributary interactions recorded in the Pleistocene–Holocene stratigraphy of the Po Plain (northern Italy)	8
Particle‐scale characterization of volcaniclastic dust sources within Iceland	8
Advective sorting of silt by currents: A laboratory study	8
Aragonite depositional facies in a Late Ordovician calcite sea, Eastern Laurentia	8
Controls on fluvial meander‐belt thickness and sand distribution: Insights from forward stratigraphic modelling	8
Cool deltas: Sedimentological, geomorphological and geophysical characterization of ice‐contact deltas and implications for their reservoir properties (Salpausselkä, Finland)	8
Timescale dependent sedimentary record during the past 130 kyr from a tropical mixed siliciclastic–carbonate shelf edge and slope: Ashmore Trough (southern Gulf of Papua)	8
Stratigraphic architecture of a saline lake system: From lake depocentre (Alès Basin) to margins (Saint‐Chaptes and Issirac basins), Eocene–Oligocene transition, south‐east France	8
Formation, dispersion and accumulation of terra rossa on the Cayman Islands	8
Sand and mud generation from continental flood basalts in contrasting landscapes and climatic conditions (Paraná–Etendeka conjugate igneous provinces, Uruguay and Namibia)	8
Modelling Ediacaran metazoan–microbial reef growth	8
Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility as an indicator for palaeocurrent analysis in folded turbidites (Outer Western Carpathians, Poland)	8