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Sifuentes, C., Martin, H.K., Straub, K.M., Hajek, E.A., Edmonds, D.A., in review, Floodplain topography and avulsion
pathfinding control stratigraphic architecture in a numerical model of a fluvial fan, Journal of Sedimentary Research.
Mukherjee, U. and Straub, K.M., in review, Field testing autogenic storage thresholds
for environmental signals in the strata of the Mississippi delta, Journal of Sedimentary Research.
Reece, J.K., Dorrell, R.M., Straub, K.M., in review, Quantifying the interaction of turbidity currents with enclosed minibasin
topography in three dimensions: A laboratory study, Geological Society of America Bulletin.
In Press
2024
Griffin, C., Duller, R.A., Straub, K.M., 2024, The incomplete record
of autogenic processes on the limits on signal detectability, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, v. 129, e2023JF007538, DOI: 10.1029/2023JF007538.
Reece, J.K., Dorrell, R.M., Straub, K.M., 2024, Circulation of
hydraulically ponded turbidity currents and the filling of continental slope minibasins, Nature Communications, 15, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46120-2.
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Sylvester, Z., Straub, K.M., Covault, J.A., in press, Stratigraphy
in space and time: A reproducible approach to analysis and visualization, Earth-Science Reviews, v. 250, 104706, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104706.
2023
Zapp, S., Sanks, K.M., Silvestre, J.R., Shaw, J.B., Dutt, R., Straub, K.M.,
2023, Sediment compaction in experimental deltas: Towards a meso-scale understanding of coastal subsidence patterns, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface,
v. 128, e2023JF007238, DOI: 10.1029/2023JF007238.
Griffin, C., Duller, R.A., Straub, K.M., 2023, The degradation
and detection of environmental signals in sediment transport systems, Science Advances, v. 9, eadi8046, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi8046.
Sanks, K.M., Shaw, J.B., Zapp, S.M., Silvestre, J.R., Dutt, R., Straub, K.M.
, 2023, Marsh-induced backwater: the influence of non-fluvial sedimentation on a delta’s channel morphology and kinematics, Earth Surface Dynamics, v. 11,
p. 1035-1060, DOI: 10.5194/esurf-11-1035-2023.
Straub, K.M., Dutt, R., Duller, R.A., 2023, Coupled channel-floodplain
dynamics and resulting stratigraphic architecture viewed through a mass-balance lens, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 93, p. 595-616, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.20222.112.
Barefoot, E.A., Nittrouer, J.A.,
Straub, K.M., 2022, Sedimentary processes and the temporal resolution of sedimentary strata, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL103925,
DOI: 10.1029/2023GL103925.
2022
Wahab, A., Hoyal, D.C., Shringarpure, M., Straub, K.M.
, 2022, A dimensionless framework for predicting submarine fan morphology, Nature Communications, 13, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34455-7.
Supplementary Information,
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Sanks, K.M., Zapp, S.M., Silvestre, J.R., Shaw, J.B., Dutt, R.,
Straub, K.M., 2022, Marsh Sedimentation Controls Delta Top Morphology, Slope,and Mass Balance, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL098513,
DOI: 10.1029/2022GL098513.
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Toby, S.C., Duller, R.A., De Angelis, S., Straub, K.M., 2022, Morphodynamic limits to
environmental signal propagation across landscapes and into strata, Nature Communications, 13, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27776-6.
2021
Barefoot, E.A., Nittrouer, J.A., Straub, K.M.,
2021, Non-monotonic floodplain responses to changes in flooding intensity, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 126, e2021JF006310,
DOI: 10.1029/2021JF006310.
2020
Ganti, V., Hajek, E.A., Leary, K., Straub, K.M.,
Paola, C., 2020, Morphodynamic hierarchy and the fabric of the sedimentary record, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL087921, DOI: 10.1029/2020GL087921.
Esposito, C.R., Georgiou, I., Straub, K.M.,
2020, Flow loss in deltaic distributaries: Impacts on channel hydraulics, morphology, and stability, Water Resources Research, 56, e2019WR023463,
DOI: 10.1029/2019WR026463.
Jobe, Z.R., Howes, N.C., Straub, K.M., Cai, D., Deng, H., Laugier,
F.J., Pettinga, L.A., Shumaker, L.E., 2020, Comparing Aggradation, Superelevation, and Avulsion Frequency of Submarine and Fluvial Channels, Frontiers in Earth Science, 8:53,
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2020.00053.
Straub, K.M. , Duller, R.A., Foreman, B.Z., and Hajek, E.A., 2020,
Buffered, incomplete, and shredded: The challenges of reading an imperfect stratigraphic record, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface,
v. 125, e2019JF005079, DOI: 10.1029/2019JF005079.
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2019
Toby, S.C., Duller, R.A., De Angelis, S., Straub, K.M., 2019, A stratigraphic framework
for the preservation and shredding of environmental signals, Geophysical Research Letters, v. 46, DOI: 10.1029/2019GL082555.
Straub, K.M., 2019, Morphodynamics and stratigraphic architecture of shelf-edge
deltas subject to constant vs. dynamic environmental forcings: A laboratory study, Frontiers in Earth Science, 7:121, DOI: 10.3389/feart.2019.00121.
2018
Esposito, C.R., Di Leonardo, R.R., Harlen, M., Straub, K.M.,
2018, Sediment storage partitioning in alluvial stratigraphy: The influence of discharge variability, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 88,
p. 717-726, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2018.36.
Paola, C., Ganti, V., Mohrig, D., Runkele, A., Straub, K.M.,
2018, Time not our time: physical controls on the preservation and measurement of geologic time, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, v. 46,
p. 409-438, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-082517-010129.
Li, Q., Gasparini, N.M., Straub, K.M., 2018, Some signals are not
the same as they appear: How do erosional landscapes transform tectonic history into sediment flux records?, Geology, v. 46, p. 407-410, DOI: 10.1130/G40026.1.
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Straub, K.M. and Foreman, B.Z., 2018, Geomorphic stasis and spatiotemporal scales of
stratigraphic completeness, Geology, v. 46, p. 311-314, DOI: 10.1130/G40045.1.
2017
Li, Q., Benson, W.M., Harlen, M., Robichaux, P., Sha, X., Xu, K., Straub, K.M.,
2017, Influence of sediment cohesion on deltaic morphodynamics and stratigraphy over basin-filling time scale, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface,
v. 122, DOI: 10.1002/2017JF004216.
Foreman, B.Z. and Straub, K.M., 2017,
Autogenic geomorphic processes determine resolution of terrestrial paleoclimate records, Science Advances, v. 3, e1700683, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700683.
Hajek, E.A. and Straub, K.M.,
2017, Autogenic sedimentation in clastic stratigraphy, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, v. 45, p. 681-709, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-063016-015935.
Yu, L., Li, Q. and Straub, K.M.,
2017, Scaling the response of deltas to relative sea level cycles by autogenic space and time scales: A laboratory study,
Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 87, p. 817-838, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2017.46.
Trampush, S.M., Hajek, E.A. and Straub, K.M.,
Chamberlin, E.P., 2017, Identifying autogenic sedimentation in fluvial-deltaic stratigraphy: evaluating the effect of outcrop-quality
on the compensation statistic, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, v. 122, DOI: 10.1002/2016JF004067.
2016
Fernandes, A.M., Törnqvist, T.E., Straub, K.M.
, Mohrig, D., 2016, Connecting the backwater hydraulics of coastal rivers to fluviodeltaic sedimentology and stratigraphy, Geology, v. 44, p.
979-982, DOI: 10.1130/G37965.1.
Supplementary Information
Li, Q., Yu, L., Straub, K.M., 2016,
Storage thresholds for relative sea-level signals in the stratigraphic record, Geology, v. 44, p. 179-182, DOI: 10.1130/G37484.1.
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2015
Straub, K.M., Li, Q., Benson, W.M.,
2015, Influence of sediment cohesion on deltaic shoreline dynamics and bulk sediment retention: A laboratory study,
Geophysical Research Letters, v. 42, DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066131.
2014
Kim., W., Petter, A., Straub, K.M., Mohrig, D., 2014,
Decoupling allogenic forcing from autogenic processes: Experimental geomorphology and stratigraphy, In: From Depositional
Systems to Sedimentary Successions on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (Eds A.W. Martinius, R. Ravnås, J.A. Howell, R.J.
Steel, and J.P. Wonham), IAS Spec. Publ., 46, 127-138.
Armstrong, C., Mohrig, D., Hess, T., George, T.,
Straub, K.M., 2014, Influence of growth faults on coastal fluvial systems: Examples from the late Miocene to Recent
Mississippi River Delta, Sedimentary Geology, v. 301, p. 120-132, DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.06.010.
2013
Straub, K.M., Paola, C., Kim, W., and Sheets, B., 2013,
Experimental investigation of sediment-dominated vs. tectonic-dominated sediment transport systems in subsiding basins, Journal of Sedimentary Research,
v. 83, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2013.91.
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Straub, K.M. and Wang, Y., 2013, Influence of water and
sediment supply on the stratigraphic record of alluvial fans and deltas: Statistical characterization of basin-filling sedimentation patterns,
Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, v. 118, DOI: 10.1002/JGRF.20095.
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Pyles, D.R., Straub, K.M., Stammer, J.,
2013, Spatial variation in the composition of turbidites due to hydrodynamic fractionation, Geophysical Research Letters, v. 40,
DOI: 10.1002/GRL.50767.
Supplementary Information
Straub, K.M., and Esposito, C.R., 2013, Influence of
water and sediment supply on the stratigraphic record of alluvial fans and deltas: Process controls on stratigraphic completeness, Journal of Geophysical
Research - Earth Surface, v. 118, DOI: 10.1002/JGRF.20061.
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2012
Straub, K.M., and Pyles, D.R., 2012, Quantifying the hierarchical
organization of compensation in submarine fans using surface statistics, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 82, p. 889-898, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2012.73.
Straub, K.M., Ganti, V., and Paola, C., and Foufoula,-Georgiou,
2012, Prevalence of exponential bed thickness distributions in the stratigraphic record: Experiments and theory, Journal of Geophysical Research -
Earth Surface, v. 117, F02003, DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002034.
Straub, K.M., Mohrig, D., Pirmez, C., 2012, Architecture of an aggradational tributary
submarine channel network on the continental slope offshore Brunei Darussalam, in Prather, B.E., Deptuck, M.E., Mohrig, D., Van Hoorn, B., and Wynn,
R.B., eds., Application of the Principles of Seismic Geomorphology to Continental-Slope and Base-of-Slope Systems: Case Studies from Seafloor and
Near-Seafloor Analogues, SEPM, Special Publication 99, p. 13-30, DOI: 10.2110/pec.12.99.0061.
Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Autin, W.J., Mateo, Z.R.P., Straub, K.M., Mauz, B., 2012, Rapid
and widespread response of the Lower Mississippi River to eustatic forcing during the last glacial-interglacial cycle, Geological Society of America Bulletin,
v. 124(5/6), p. 690-704, DOI: 10.1130/B30449.1.
2011
Wang, Y., Straub, K.M., Hajek, E.A., 2011, Scale dependant compensational stacking: an estimate of
autogenic timescales in channelized sedimentary deposits, Geology, v. 39(9), p. 811-814, DOI: 10.1130/G32068.1.
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Ganti, V., Straub, K.M., Foufoula-Georgiou, E., and Paola, C., 2011, Space-time dynamics of depositional
systems: Experimental evidence and theoretical modeling of heavy-tailed statistics, Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, v. 116, F02011,
DOI: 10.1029/2010JF001893.
Straub, K.M., Mohrig, D., Buttles, J., McElroy, B., Pirmez, C., 2011, Quantifying the influence of
channel sinuosity on the depositional mechanics of channelized turbidity currents: A laboratory study, Marine Petroleum Geology, v. 28, p. 744-760,
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.05.014. Supplementary Information
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2009
Paola, C., Straub, K.M., Mohrig, D., and Reinhardt, L., 2009, The “unreasonable
effectiveness” of stratigraphic and geomorphic experiments, Earth-Science Reviews, v. 97, p. 1-43, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.05.003.
Straub, K.M. Paola, C., Mohrig, D., Wolinsky, M.A., George, T., 2009, Compensational
stacking of channelized sedimentary deposits, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 79, p. 673-688, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.070.
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Straub, K.M. and Mohrig, D., 2009,
Constructional canyons built by sheet-like turbidity currents: Observations from offshore Brunei Darussalam, Journal of
Sedimentary Research, v. 79, p. 24-39, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.006.
Abrams, D.M., Lobkovsky, A.E., Petroff, A.P., Straub, K.M., McElroy, B.,
Mohrig, D.C., Kudrolli, A., Rothman, D.H., 2009, Growth laws for channel networks incised by groundwater flow,
Nature Geoscience, v. 2(3), p. 193-196, DOI: 10.1038/NGEO432.
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2008
Straub, K.M., Mohrig, D., and Buttles, J., 2008, Turbidity current flow out of channels
and its contribution to constructing the continental slope, Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Annual Meeting Extended Abstracts, p. 2767-2771.
Straub, K.M. and Mohrig, D., 2008, Quantifying the morphology and growth of levees
in aggrading submarine channels, Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, v. 113, F03012,
DOI:10.1029/2007JF000896.
Straub, K.M., Mohrig, D.C., Buttles, J., McElroy, B., Pirmez, C., 2008, Interactions between
turbidity currents and topography in aggrading sinuous submarine channels: A laboratory study, GSA
Bulletin, v. 120(3/4), p. 368-385, DOI: 10.1130/B25983.1. Supplementary
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2007
Straub, K.M., Jerolmack, D.J., Mohrig, D., Rothman, D.H., 2007, Channel network scaling
laws in submarine basins, Geophysical Research Letters, v.34, L12613, DOI:10.1029/2007GL030089.
Straub, K.M., 2007, Quantifying turbidity current interactions with topography,
Ph.D. thesis, 205 pp., Massachusetts Institude of Technology, Cambridge.
2005
Mohrig, D.,
Straub, K.M., Buttles, J., and Pirmez, C., 2005, Controls on geometry and composition
of a levee built by turbidity currents in a straight laboratory channel, in Proceedings, River, Coastal
and Estuarine Morphodynamics Symposium, 4th, Urbana: Illinois, USA, International Association of
Hydraulic Research.