Monthly Archives: December 2020
SS #25 McLachlan et al. Impacts of tidal-channel connectivity on transport asymmetry and sediment exchange with mangrove forests
Salutation: This manuscript eloquently brought new students in my lab up to speed on the nature of some of the problems we are studying elsewhere. I found the data presentation to be clear and intuitive, and have attempted versions of … Continue reading
SS #24 Downstream changes in river avulsion style are related to channel morphology
Salutation: Great work giving me insight into spatial variations in channel avulsion style as related to morphology. Potentially helpful for better understanding avulsion record and future hazard. What was awesome? I was surprising! From: Anonymous
SS #23 Global Grids of Ice Sheet Thickness and Paleotopography for 21,000 – present day, by W.R. Peltier
Salutation: Even though the ICE-5G model was published in 2004, I only found the data in Feb 2020 when searching for the ice mask generated by the ice sheet model for the LGM, which was instrumental in the development of … Continue reading
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SS #22 Viles (2020) Biogeomorphology: Past, present and future
Salutation: I come from the field of quantitative geomorphology and this paper opened up a new way to look at surface processes. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X19302752 What was awesome? It was helpful! I couldn’t stop thinking about it! From: Michal Ben-Israel, Hebrew University … Continue reading
SS #21 Barra (2020) Good Sediment: Race and Resoration in Coastal Louisiana
Salutation: As a coastal sedimentologist, I have long felt that I am part of an effort to restore deltas through large scale delta engineering that is intrinsically good. This paper shows that for powerless groups on the Mississippi Delta, coastal … Continue reading
SS#20 Judy Yang et al. 2020 4D imaging reveals mechanisms of clay-carbon protection and release
Salutation: The beautiful microscopic experimentation reveals the surprising mechanisms of soil carbon storage and release. What was awesome? It was surprising! I couldn’t stop thinking about it! It’s a scientific frontier! https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-54393/v1 From: Hongbo Ma, University of Arkansas
SS#19 Thran et al. (2018) Controls on the global distribution of contourite drifts
Salutation: I’m a huge fan of studies that provide a global perspective of an Earth-system phenomenon and this one, on the relationship of contourite deposits to results of oceanographic modeling, is a fantastic example. It’s very clearly written and made … Continue reading
SS #18 Mapping the Fine-Scale Organization and Plasticity of the Brain Vasculature, Kirst et al. 2020
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)30109-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867420301094%3Fshowall%3Dtrue Salutation: Long anticipated! Gave me a lot of ideas on questions that need to be asked theoretically. What was awesome? There were excellent figures and documentation! It was helpful! I couldn’t stop thinking about it! It’s a scientific frontier! … Continue reading
SS #16 Rivera (2020) Disaster Colonialism
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-2427.12950 Salutation: The ideas in this paper are huge – the premise is a powerful one. I keep, and will keep, coming back to this work. What was awesome? I couldn’t stop thinking about it! It’s a scientific frontier! From: … Continue reading
Shaw Sedimentology and Stratigraphy Laboratory at the University of Arkansas 