Publications

Wang, Y., Ganti, V., Limaye, A.B., Straub, K.M., in review, Cyclic water-sediment supply coarsens the temporal resolution of fluvio-deltaic strata, Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Wu, C., Jung, S., Kwon, J., Kim, M., Shin, H., Keum, D., Lee, J., Li, Z., Herring, R., Odugbesan, O.O., Kim, W., Straub, K.M., in review, Universal geomorphic rules govern meandering channel cutoffs, Geophysical Research Letters.

Roberge, L.O., Gasparini, N.M., Straub, K.M., Camforts, B., Pazzaglia, F.J., in review, Seeing through the noise: implications for signal preservation in sediment flux time series from erosional systems, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface.

Silvestre, J.R., Sanks, K.M., Zapp, S.M., Hou, Y., Shaw, J.B., Mukerjee, U., Jeffett, R.M., Duller, R.A., Straub, K.M., 2026, Autogenic shoreline migration and its effect on the storage of carbon in marginal marine successions, AGU Advances, v. 7, e2025AV002067, DOI: 10.1029/2025AV002067.

Bates, R., Foreman, B.Z., Straub, K.M., 2026, Recovering geomorphic history from stratigraphy: Application of machine learning techniques to an experimental basin, The Sedimentary Record, 24(1), DOI: 10.2110/001c.160567.

Silvestre, J.R., Hom, Z., Sanks, K.M., Zapp, S.M., Shaw, J.B., Straub, K.M., 2026, Variable flood discharge constrains organic carbon preservation in deltas: Insights from physical experiments, Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL119769, DOI: 10.1029/2025GL119769.

Wu, C., Kim, W., Yang, S., Tsai, F., Nittrouer, J.A., Dong, T.Y., Keum, D., Straub, K.M., 2025, High variability in flood discharge and stage accelerates river mobility, Science Advances, v. 11, eadv7637, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adv7637.

Mukherjee, U. and Straub, K.M., 2025, Field testing autogenic storage thresholds for environmental signals in the strata of the Mississippi delta, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 95, p. 405-416, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2024.021.

Reece, J.K., Dorrell, R.M., Straub, K.M., 2025, Influence of flow discharge and minibasin shape on the flow behavior and depositional mechanics of ponded turbidity currents, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 137, p. 1797-1814, DOI: 10.1130/B37517.1.

Sifuentes, C., Martin, H.K., Straub, K.M., Hajek, E.A., Edmonds, D.A., 2025, Floodplain topography and avulsion pathfinding control stratigraphic architecture in a numerical model of a fluvial fan, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 95, p. 209-222, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2024.045.

Reece, J.K. and Straub, K.M., 2025, Statistics of depressions covering the northern Gulf of Mexico salt-minibasin province: drivers and strength of bathymetric self-organization, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, v. 130, e2024JC021726, DOI: 10.1029/2024JC021726.

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. Description of Supplementary Movies, Supplementary Movie 1, Supplementary Movie 2, Supplementary Movie 3, Supplementary Movie 4

Sylvester, Z., Straub, K.M., Covault, J.A., 2024, 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.

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., 2023, Sedimentary processes and the temporal resolution of sedimentary strata, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL103925, DOI: 10.1029/2023GL103925.

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, Description of Supplementary Movies, Supplementary Movie 1, Supplementary Movie 2, Supplementary Movie 3, Supplementary Movie 4, Supplementary Movie 5, Supplementary Movie 6

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. Supplementary Information, Supplementary Movie

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.

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.

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. EOS Research Spotlight on this publication

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.

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. Supplementary Information, Supplementary Movie

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.

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.

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. Supplementary Information, Supplementary Movie 1, Supplementary Movie 2, Supplementary Movie 3, Supplementary Movie 4

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.

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.

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. Supplementary Movie 1 Supplementary Movie 2

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. EOS Research Spotlight on this publication

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. EOS Research Spotlight on this publication

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.

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. Supplementary Information, Supplementary Movie

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, Supplementary Movie

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. Journal of Sedimentary Research Sept. 2009 Cover

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. Nature Geoscience Cover, News and Views on Article, Backstory on Article, Supplementary Information, Supplementary Movie 1, Supplementary Movie 2, Tulane Press Release

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 Information, Supplementary Movie

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.

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.