OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sedimentology is 6. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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Holocene seismic activity in south‐eastern Switzerland: Evidence from the sedimentary record of Lake Silvaplana	28
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Bedform evolution along a submarine canyon in the South China Sea: New insights from an autonomous underwater vehicle survey	26
Corrigendum to: Wave‐influenced deposition of carbonate‐rich sediment on the insular shelf of Santa Maria Island, Azores	26
The impact of high discharge variability on sedimentology and architecture of bar deposits in the meandering Powder River (Montana, USA)	24
Source‐to‐sink sediment transport reversals during glacial sea‐level lowstands sustain soil formation on pericoastal carbonate terrains	22
Geomorphic and environmental controls on microbial mat fabrics on Little Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands	22
Revisiting the black shale depositional enigma: Transport processes and contrasting sediment sources in a heterolithic basin fill – Bowland Basin, England	22
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Factors controlling carbonate mud production and accumulation on Upper Jurassic western European mixed siliciclastic–carbonate ramps	21
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Recycling control on chemical weathering indices (Yarlung River, South Tibet)	20
Evolution from shallow‐water deltas to fluvial fans in lacustrine basins: A case study from the Middle Jurassic Shaximiao Formation in the central Sichuan Basin, China	20
Does sand promote or hinder the mobility of cohesive sediment gravity flows?	19
Genesis of island dolostones during rapid island subsidence: Example from the Xisha (Paracel) islands, South China Sea	17
Unconfined gravity current interactions with orthogonal topography: Implications for combined‐flow processes and the depositional record	17
Simulating sedimentation on the Great Bahama Bank – Sources, sinks and storms	16
Hydrodynamic controls on sedimentary facies of tidal point bars: A case study in the Georgia coastal plain, USA	16
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Sedimentary dolomite in Western Australia and the dolomite problem: Genesis of channel and playa uranium deposits	15
Exploring freshwater influence in epicontinental seas through integrated sedimentology and geochemistry approaches	15
Suction dynamics‐induced bubbly sand under groundwater table fluctuations	15
Sedimentology and diagenesis of Pleistocene calcareous, non‐dolomitic, interdune sediments, Coorong Coastal Plain, South Australia	15

The making of pure quartzose sand in continental interiors: Paraná River (Brazil and Argentina)	15
Modern microbial landscape: Aerial mapping of microbially induced sedimentary structures forming in a coastal sabkha	15
Origin, evolution and significance of giant buried sediment mounds near the Sahara Slide Complex, North‐west African margin	15
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Siderite from the Tibetan Himalaya: Evidence for a low sulphate ocean during Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a (Early Aptian)	14
Down in the dungeons: the hidden role of diatom biofilms and microbial activity in the biogeochemistry of a dynamic estuarine point bar	14
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Spatial variability in aeolian abrasion: Ibex Dune Field, Death Valley National Park	13
The ejection pattern of sand particles in steady‐state aeolian transport	13
Fossilized autogenic responses of grain‐size transition to sediment supply and water discharge: Alluvial fan experiments	13
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Evolving fill‐and‐spill patterns across linked early post‐rift depocentres control lobe characteristics: Los Molles Formation, Argentina	12
Autogenic and allogenic controls on turbidite lobe stacking pattern and architecture: The case of the Turonian to Coniacian deep‐water turbidite lobe complexes (Dønna Terrace, offshore Mid‐Norway	12
Origin and composition of hydrothermally‐influenced sediments at Aurora Vent Field, southwestern Gakkel Ridge (82.9°N)	12
Organic matter deposition and preservation in ancient deep‐sea levée sediments: Implications for Neoproterozoic trends in carbon burial	12
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Vegetation and peat accumulation steer Holocene tidal–fluvial basin filling and overbank sedimentation along the Old Rhine River, The Netherlands	11
Quantitative evaluation of the roles of ocean chemistry and climate on ooid size across the Phanerozoic: Global versus local controls	11
Formation of magnesium‐clay in a lacustrine microbialite‐bearing carbonate deposit, Eocene Green River Formation, Sanpete County, Utah	11
Unravelling megaturbidite deposition: Evidence for turbidite stacking/amalgamation and seiche influence during the 1601 ce earthquake at Lake Lucerne, Switzerland	11
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Rapid growth of a carbonate island over the last millennium	11
Sedimentary record of submarine gravity‐flow events in the southern Ryukyu forearc during the last 200 000 years: Archive of mega‐earthquakes and tsunamis	11
Comment on ‘Going with the flow: Experimental simulation of sediment transport from a foraminifera perspective’ by Ash‐Mor et al. (2022), Sedimentology, 69, 1231–1251	11
Microborings reveal alternating agitation, resting and sleeping stages of modern marine ooids	11
Microbial influence on the formation and subsequent changes of vertebrate tracks: field experiments on present‐day coastal sediments	11
Sediment dynamics and geomorphology of a submarine carbonate platform canyon system situated in an arid climate setting	10
Mineralogical variability of suspended sediments induced by mega‐reservoir regulation (Yellow River, China)	10
Coastal engineering structures bifurcate intertidal eco‐morphodynamic trajectories in a sediment‐starved delta	10
Experimental observations of vertical segregation of sands in oscillatory flows	10
Morphostratigraphy of an active mixed sand–gravel barrier spit (Baie de Somme, northern France)	10
Soft‐bedded ice sheet in hummocky terrain of north‐central Poland: Origin of rim ridges and subglacial processes	10
Kaolinite deposition from moving suspensions: The roles of flocculation, salinity, suspended sediment concentration and flow velocity/bed shear	10
An 80 kyr record of intermediate‐depth water flow on the western South Atlantic margin	10
Microbial mats and thalassinid shrimp: Spatial and geochemical interactions in a modern intertidal environment	10
A clumped isotope diagenetic framework for the Ediacaran dolomites: Insights to fabric‐specific geochemical variabilities	10
Aptian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1a in the shallow, carbonate‐dominated intrashelf Kazhdumi Basin, Zagros Mountains	10
Reply to Comment by John J.G. Reijmer on ‘Understanding carbonate factories through palaeoecological and sedimentological signals – Tribute to Luis Pomar’ by Brandano et al. (2022), Sediment	10
Evaporitic–lacustrine mudstone laminites and prodelta mudlobes – continuity and change in the Hartmann's Valley interval, Murray formation, Gale crater, Mars	9
Depositional environments, hematite–chamosite differentiation and origins of Middle Ordovician iron ooids in the Upper Yangtze region, South China	9
Discrimination of tectonic influence from volcano‐sedimentary successions: An example from the Janggi Basin, south‐eastern part of the Korean Peninsula	9
A model for the early diagenesis of humid climate, fluvial strata influenced by adjacent salt deposits: Grande Anse Formation, Cumberland Basin, Canada	9
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Extreme events of alternate dry–wet climatic cycles and lacustrine deposits: A case study from the Yanchang Formation (Triassic), Ordos Basin, China	9
The influence of hybrid sediment gravity flows on distribution and composition of trace‐fossil assemblages: Ordovician succession of the north‐eastern Alborz Range of Iran	9
Erratum to Marine carbonate factories: Review and update	9
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A depositional model for meandering rivers without land plants	8
Late Oligocene to early Miocene delta and linked slope fan systems: Depositional architecture and sediment dispersal, the Pearl River Mouth Basin	8
The role of siliciclastics in carbonate fabric diversity and preservation: A case study from the Neoproterozoic carbonate − siliciclastic Horse Thief Springs Formation, Death Valley	8

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Rock‐buffered versus fluid‐buffered geochemistry of structurally controlled, hydrothermal dolomite: Insights from the Sichuan Basin, China	8
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Palaeoclimatic and diagenetic controls based on clay mineralogy and organic matter distribution: The continental rift Cuyo Basin (Triassic), west‐central Argentina	8
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Diagenesis, compaction strain and deformation associated with chert and carbonate concretions in organic‐rich marl and phosphorite; Upper Cretaceous to Eocene, Jordan	8
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Modern soil aggregates–colluvium generated by overland flow – stratigraphy and physical experiments	7
The role of fluvial and tidal currents on coal accumulation in a mixed‐energy deltaic setting: Pinghu Formation, Xihu Depression, East China Sea Shelf Basin	7
Morphodynamics of intermittent density inflow on fan‐deltas: Physical experiments and sedimentological implications	7
Seismic expression and stratigraphic preservation of a coastal plain fluvial channel belt and floodplain channels on the Gulf of Mexico inner continental shelf	7
Formation process of the gravel‐dominated deposit from the 2011 Tohoku‐oki tsunami in Ofunato, northeastern Japan, inferred by integrating sedimentology and tsunami modelling	7
Tracing the sedimentary response to the rifting and opening of the Meso‐Tethys Ocean	7
Neoichnology and sediment distribution in tidal flats of the mud‐dominated mesotidal Mira River estuary (Portugal)	7
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New insights into the palaeoenvironmental–palaeoclimatic significance and sedimentary dynamics of carbonate Lagerstätten: The lower Albian of Pietraroja (Southern Italy)	7
Documenting a coastal sediment routing tract in the sedimentary record: Implications for coastal palaeogeography and sand distribution patterns	7
Groundwater red beds in Holocene fluvial sediments as a product of iron and manganese redox cycling; Morava River, Czechia	7
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Microbial mats in the Río Mayer Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Austral Basin, Argentina: Paleoenvironmental and paleoceanographic significance	7
Seismic stratigraphy of Late Pleistocene incised valleys and adjacent environments, eastern Central Luconia Province, offshore north‐west Borneo	7
Sedimentation differences and depositional model in slope‐controlled travertine precipitation stream in Huanglong, China	7
Eskers formed in the soft‐bed region – a comprehensive study of Late Saalian strata from Poland	7
Reply to Comment: Carbonate production and reef building under ferruginous seawater conditions in the Cambrian rift branches of the Avalon Zone, Newfoundland by E. Landing and G. Geyer	6
Hydrodynamic behaviour of organo‐phosphatic bioclastic sediments: An experimental study on linguliform brachiopod shell fragments	6
Sedimentological controls on the distribution and geometry of chlorite‐coated intervals in deeply buried tide‐influenced sandstones, Tilje Formation, Norwegian Continental Shelf	6
Deep learning‐based grain‐size decomposition model: A feasible solution for dealing with methodological uncertainty	6
Sediment density flow distribution on wave‐influenced deltas	6
Where was the Yangtze River mouth during the last glacial maximum?	6
The generation of a clotted peloidal micrite fabric by endolithic cyanobacteria in recent thrombolites from Cuatro Cienegas, northern Mexico	6
Universal decomposition model: An efficient technique for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction from grain‐size distributions	6
Facies stacking and lateral variability of travertines from the Quaternary Vega Botijuela, Salar de Antofalla Basin, Argentina	6
Transport of ‘Nama’‐type biota in sediment gravity and combined flows: Implications for terminal Ediacaran palaeoecology	6
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Challenges to the ancient methane seep search strategy: The Bedford Canyon Formation (Middle Jurassic, Santa Ana Mountains, California)	6
Primary microfossiliferous chert in the Aptian Barra Velha Formation	6
Wind‐driven hydrodynamic and depositional patterns in shallow lakes: An exploratory modelling approach based on an archetypal case of Lake Hulun	6
Holocene sea‐level changes and the influence of storms on beach ridge formation in the Lower Gulf of Thailand	6
Processes controlling rare earth element distribution in sedimentary apatite: Insights from spectroscopy, in situ geochemistry and O and Sr isotope composition	6
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List of Reviewers	6
Sedimentology and stratigraphic architecture of Barremian synrift barrier island–estuarine depositional systems from blended field and drone‐derived data	6
Internal isotopic variability of Neogene carbonate concretions: Constraining formational growth mechanisms and isotopic disequilibrium	6
Bed‐scale quantitative discrimination of hyperpycnites from intrabasinal turbidites—Results from a channelised slope system in the Upper Carboniferous Westward Ho! Formation, United Kingdom	6