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Brian Romans
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Virginia Tech Geosciences professor (vtsedsystems.org) ⏐ sedimentology, (paleo)climate, tectonics, sedimentary basins, subsurface geology, geoeducation ⏐ listening and learning
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a sed transport process unique to marine-terminating glaciers are meltwater plumes that are discharged at the grounding line — they buoyantly rise to create a sea-surface plume and sediment rains out I need to educate myself more about this — what are some 'go to' papers about this process? ⚒️🧊🌊

figure from Lepp et al. (2022); Frontiers in Earth Science schematically showing sediment transport/deposition processes at a marine-terminating glacier
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for example, are there any studies from modern settings with direct observations/measurements of these buoyant plumes with sediment in suspension? how vigorous can the discharge at the grounding line be?

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Brian Romans
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Virginia Tech Geosciences professor (vtsedsystems.org) ⏐ sedimentology, (paleo)climate, tectonics, sedimentary basins, subsurface geology, geoeducation ⏐ listening and learning
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