OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sedimentology is 7. 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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

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	57
Marine carbonate factories: Review and update	49
Response of large benthic foraminifera to climate and local changes: Implications for future carbonate production	42
The mantle, CO₂and the giant Aptian chemogenic lacustrine carbonate factory of the South Atlantic: Some carbonates are made, not born	41
Contourite characterization and its discrimination from other deep‐water deposits in the Gulf of Cadiz contourite depositional system	39
Diagnostic criteria using microfacies for calcareous contourites, turbidites and pelagites in the Eocene–Miocene slope succession, southern Cyprus	39
Sedimentology of the Upper Pennsylvanian organic‐rich Cline Shale, Midland Basin: From gravity flows to pelagic suspension fallout	33
True substrates: The exceptional resolution and unexceptional preservation of deep time snapshots on bedding surfaces	33
Ocean acidification and photic‐zone anoxia at the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event: Insights from the Adriatic Carbonate Platform	33
Sedimentology of the continental end‐Permian extinction event in the Sydney Basin, eastern Australia	31
Microplastics as a sedimentary component in reef systems: A case study from the Java Sea	29
The role of hydrothermal fluids in sedimentation in saline alkaline lakes: Evidence from Nasikie Engida, Kenya Rift Valley	27
Reduce or recycle? Revealing source to sink links through integrated zircon–feldspar provenance fingerprinting	23
Storm‐flood‐dominated delta: A new type of delta in stormy oceans	22
Sedimentology and stratigraphy of a modern halite sequence formed under Dead Sea level fall	22
Contourite depositional system after the exit of a strait: Case study from the late Miocene South Rifian Corridor, Morocco	22
Inferring time averaging and hiatus durations in the stratigraphic record of high‐frequency depositional sequences	21
Relative influence of antecedent topography and sea‐level rise on barrier‐island migration	21
Syn‐rift mass flow generated ‘tectonofacies’ and ‘tectonosequences’ of the Kingston Peak Formation, Death Valley, California, and their bearing on supposed Neoproterozoic panglacial climates	20
The role of shelf morphology on storm‐bed variability and stratigraphic architecture, Lower Cretaceous, Svalbard	19
Evolution from syn‐rift carbonates to early post‐rift deep‐marine intraslope lobes: The role of rift basin physiography on sedimentation patterns	18
A giant lacustrine flood‐related turbidite system in the Triassic Ordos Basin, China: Sedimentary processes and depositional architecture	18
Application of end‐member modelling to grain‐size data: Constraints and limitations	18
Towards a new understanding of the genesis of chalk: Diagenetic origin of micarbs confirmed by clumped isotope analysis	18
Quantitative evaluation of the roles of ocean chemistry and climate on ooid size across the Phanerozoic: Global versus local controls	18

Hybrid event bed character and distribution in the context of ancient deep‐lacustrine fan models	18
Signature of modern glacial lake outburst floods in fjord sediments (Baker River, southern Chile)	18
Relating seafloor geomorphology to subsurface architecture: How mass‐transport deposits and knickpoint‐zones build the stratigraphy of the deep‐water Hikurangi Channel	18
Depositional age models in lacustrine systems from zircon and carbonate U‐Pb geochronology	18
Extensive recrystallization of Cenozoic dolomite during shallow burial: A case study from the Palaeocene–Eocene Umm er Radhuma formation and a global meta‐analysis	17
Calcite uranium–lead geochronology applied to hardground lithification and sequence boundary dating	17
Microbial contribution to early marine cementation	17
The onset of the Messinian Salinity Crisis in the central Mediterranean recorded by pre‐salt carbonate/evaporite deposition	17
Exploring a new breadth of cyclic steps on distal submarine fans	17
Why did some larger benthic foraminifera become so large and flat?	17
What controls the remobilization and deformation of surficial sediment by seismic shaking? Linking lacustrine slope stratigraphy to great earthquakes in South–Central Chile	16
The depositional signature of cyclic steps: A late Quaternary analogue compared to modern active delta slopes	16
Biogeochemical reappraisal of the freshwater–seawater mixing‐zone diagenetic model	16
Multiple organic–inorganic interactions and influences on heterogeneous carbonate‐cementation patterns: Example from Silurian deeply buried sandstones, central Tarim Basin, north‐western China	15
Reconstructing the morphologies and hydrodynamics of ancient rivers from source to sink: Cretaceous Western Interior Basin, Utah, USA	15
Hybrid event beds generated by erosional bulking of modern hyperpycnal flows on the Choshui River delta front, Taiwan Strait	15
Cenozoic coastal carbonate deposits of Qatar: Evidence for dolomite preservation bias in highly‐arid systems	15
Detrital zircon in an active sedimentary recycling system: Challenging the ‘source‐to‐sink’ approach to zircon‐based provenance analysis	15
Biomineralization processes in modern calcareous tufa: Possible roles of viruses, vesicles and extracellular polymeric substances (Corvino Valley – Southern Italy)	15
Repetitive Late Pleistocene soft‐sediment deformation by seismicity‐induced liquefaction in north‐western Lithuania	15
The role of sediment gravity flows on the morphological development of a large submarine canyon (Taiwan Canyon), north‐east South China Sea	15
Mixed carbonate–siliciclastic tidal sedimentation in the Miocene to Pliocene Bouse Formation, palaeo‐Gulf of California	15
Anatomy of a mixed bioclastic–siliciclastic regressive tidal sand ridge: Facies‐based case study from the lower Pleistocene Siderno Strait, southern Italy	14
The role of mass‐transport complexes in the initiation and evolution of submarine canyons	14
The turnaround from transgression to regression of Holocene barrier systems in south‐eastern Australia: Geomorphology, geological framework and geochronology	14
Abiotic and biotic processes controlling travertine deposition: Insights from eight hot springs in Japan	13
Reading tidal processes where their signature is cryptic: The Maastrichtian meandering channel deposits of the Tremp Formation (Southern Pyrenees, Spain)	13
Knickpoints and crescentic bedform interactions in submarine channels	13
Recognizing key sedimentary facies and their distribution in mixed turbidite–contourite depositional systems: The case of the Pacific margin of the Antarctic Peninsula	13
A mixed turbidite – contourite system related to a major submarine canyon: The Marquês de Pombal Drift (south‐west Iberian margin)	12
Sedimentological and palaeoenvironmental study from Waregi Hill in the Hiwegi Formation (early Miocene) on Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya	12
Detecting initial aragonite and calcite variations in limestone–marl alternations	12
On the origin and significance of composite particles in mudstones: Examples from the Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation	12
Sedimentary anatomy and hydrological record of relic fluvial deposits in a karst cave conduit	12
Sedimentary processes at the mouth of a tidally‐influenced delta: New insights from submarine observatory measurements, Fraser Delta, Canada	12
Tidal dynamics in palaeo‐seas in response to changes in physiography, tidal forcing and bed shear stress	12
Unusual intraclast conglomerates in a stormy, hot‐house lake: The Early Triassic North China Basin	11
Carbonate cementation in the Tithonian Jeanne d’Arc sandstone, Terra Nova Field, Newfoundland: Implications for reservoir quality evolution	11
The Vaca Muerta transgression (Upper Jurassic), Neuquén Basin, Argentina: Insights into the evolution and timing of aeolian–marine transitions	11
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	11
Keratose sponges in ancient carbonates – A problem of interpretation	11
Mixed carbonate–siliciclastic sedimentation at the margin of a late Miocene tidal strait, lower Colorado River Valley, south‐western USA	11
The depositional signature of high‐aggradation chute‐and‐pool bedforms: The build‐and‐fill structure	11
Instant sedimentation in a deep Alpine lake (Iseo, Italy) controlled by climate, human and geodynamic forcing	11
Formation, dispersion and accumulation of terra rossa on the Cayman Islands	11
Controls on the stratal architecture of lacustrine delta successions in low‐accommodation conditions	11
Dissolved silica‐driven dolomite precipitation in the Great Salt Lake, Utah, and its implication for dolomite formation environments	11
Reducing microenvironments promote incorporation of magnesium ions into authigenic carbonate forming at methane seeps: Constraints for dolomite formation	11
Sinuous bar fingers of digitate shallow‐water deltas: Insights into their formative processes and deposits from integrating morphological and sedimentological studies with mathematical modelling	11
Controls on fluvial meander‐belt thickness and sand distribution: Insights from forward stratigraphic modelling	10

Non‐classical crystallization of very high magnesium calcite and magnesite in the Coorong Lakes, Australia	10
Lake level controls the recurrence of giant stromatolite facies	10
From Patagonia to Río de la Plata: Multistep long‐distance littoral transport of Andean volcaniclastic sand along the Argentine passive margin	10
A stratigraphic example of the architecture and evolution of shallow water mouth bars	10
U–Pb geochronology and clumped isotope thermometry study of Neoproterozoic dolomites from China	10
Contrasting intensity of aragonite dissolution and dolomite cementation in glacial versus interglacial intervals of a subtropical carbonate succession	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
Mars is a mirror – Understanding the Pahrump Hills mudstones from a perspective of Earth analogues	10
Sand and mud generation from continental flood basalts in contrasting landscapes and climatic conditions (Paraná–Etendeka conjugate igneous provinces, Uruguay and Namibia)	10
Middle Ordovician mass‐transport deposits from western Inner Mongolia, China: Mechanisms and implications for basin evolution	9
The sedimentary record of Quaternary glacial to interglacial sea‐level change on a subtropical carbonate ramp: Southwest Shelf of Australia	9
Trunk river and tributary interactions recorded in the Pleistocene–Holocene stratigraphy of the Po Plain (northern Italy)	9
Simulating sedimentation on the Great Bahama Bank – Sources, sinks and storms	9
Advective sorting of silt by currents: A laboratory study	9
Sedimentology and isotope geochemistry of transitional evaporitic environments within arid continental settings: From erg to saline lakes	9
Constraints on the preservation of proxy data in carbonate archives – lessons from a marine limestone to marble transect, Latemar, Italy	9
Three‐dimensional bounding surface architecture and lateral facies heterogeneity of a wet aeolian system: Entrada Sandstone, Utah	9
Cryospheric processes in Quaternary and Cretaceous hyper‐arid plateau desert oases	9
Three‐dimensional submerged wall jets and their transition to density flows: Morphodynamics and implications for the depositional record	9
Intrusions of sediment laden rivers into density stratified water columns could be an unrecognized source of mixing in many lakes and coastal oceans	9
How do thrombolites form? Multiphase construction of lacustrine microbialites, Purbeck Limestone Group, (Jurassic), Dorset, UK	9
Dissolution of ooids in seawater‐derived fluids – an example from Lower Permian re‐sedimented carbonates, West Texas, USA	9
Geochemical record of the subsurface redox gradient in marine red beds: A case study from the Devonian Prague Basin, Czechia	9
Particle‐scale characterization of volcaniclastic dust sources within Iceland	8
Deformation patterns of upper Quaternary strata and their relation to active tectonics, Po Basin, Italy	8
Cool deltas: Sedimentological, geomorphological and geophysical characterization of ice‐contact deltas and implications for their reservoir properties (Salpausselkä, Finland)	8
Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a in the shallow, carbonate‐dominated intrashelf Kazhdumi Basin, Zagros Mountains	8
Sandstone body character and river planform styles of the lower Eocene Willwood Formation, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, USA	8
A terminal Messinian flooding of the Mediterranean evidenced by contouritic deposits on Sicily	8
Factors controlling the geometry of travertine mounds: Insights from Heinitang (China)	8
Origin and distribution of calcite cements in a folded fluvial succession: The Puig‐reig anticline (south‐eastern Pyrenees)	8
Linking carbonate sediment transfer to seafloor morphology: Insights from Exuma Valley, the Bahamas	8
Coarse‐grained deltas approaching shallow‐water canyon heads: A case study from the Lower Pleistocene Messina Strait, Southern Italy	8
Going with the flow: Experimental simulation of sediment transport from a foraminifera perspective	8
A late Holocene shift of typhoon activity recorded by coastal sedimentary archives in eastern China	8
Modelling Ediacaran metazoan–microbial reef growth	8
Holocene sediment distribution in the Al Wajh platform lagoon (northern Red Sea, Saudi Arabia), a modern analogue for large rift basin carbonate platforms	8
Early Miocene carbonate ramp development in a warm ocean, North West Shelf, Australia	8
Sedimentology of a hypertidal point bar (Mont‐Saint‐Michel Bay, north‐western France) revealed by combining lidar time‐series and sedimentary core data	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
The erosionally confined to emergent transition in a slope‐derived blocky mass‐transport deposit interacting with a turbidite substrate, Ventimiglia Flysch Formation (Grès d’Annot System, north‐west I	7
Dynamics and stratigraphy of a tidal sand ridge in the Bristol Channel (Nash Sands banner bank) from repeated high‐resolution multibeam echo‐sounder surveys	7
Microcrystalline dolomite in a middle Permian volcanic lake: Insights on primary dolomite formation in a non‐evaporitic environment	7
Factors controlling the morphology and internal sediment architecture of moats and their associated contourite drifts	7
Bryozoan‐rich stromatolites (bryostromatolites) from the Silurian of Gotland and their relation to climate‐related perturbations of the global carbon cycle	7
Assessing Milankovitch forcing in disconformity‐prone cyclic shallow‐water carbonates, Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian), Adriatic Platform, Croatia	7
Cryptic burrow traces in black shales – a petrographic Rorschach test or the real thing?	7
How do carbonate factories influence carbonate platform morphology? Exploring production−transport interactions with numerical forward modelling	7
Spatial variation in the sedimentary architecture of a dryland fluvial system	7
Reassessing evidence of Moon–Earth dynamics from tidal bundles at 3.2 Ga (Moodies Group, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa)	7
Source‐to‐sink analysis for the mud and sand in the late‐Quaternary Qiantang River incised‐valley fill and its implications for delta‐shelf–estuary dispersal systems globally	7
Impact of deep‐time palaeoclimate on the sedimentary records and morphology of lacustrine shoal‐water deltas, Upper Eocene Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, China	7
Source‐to‐sink response to high‐amplitude lake level rise driven by orbital‐scale climate change: An example from the Pleistocene Lake Malawi (Nyasa) Rift, East Africa	7
Evolution of foreland basin fluvial systems in the mid‐Cretaceous of Utah, USA (upper Cedar Mountain and Naturita formations)	7
Seagrass development in terrigenous‐influenced inner ramp settings during the middle Eocene (Urbasa–Andia Plateau, Western Pyrenees, North Spain)	7
High‐resolution facies analysis of a coastal sabkha in the eastern Gulf of Salwa (Qatar): A spatio‐temporal reconstruction	7
Variability in fluvially‐dominated, fine‐grained, shallow‐water deltas	7
Unravelling a 2300 year long sedimentary record of megathrust and intraslab earthquakes in proglacial Skilak Lake, south‐central Alaska	7
Non‐palimpsested crowded Skolithos ichnofabrics in a Carboniferous tidal rhythmite: Disentangling ecological signatures from the spatio‐temporal bias of outcrop	7
An integrated approach to determine three‐dimensional accretion geometries of tidal point bars: Examples from the Venice Lagoon (Italy)	7
The supercritical question for pyroclastic dune bedforms: An overview	7