The term 'avulsion' describes the process of natural channels abruptly changing course. This process is typical in sedimentary systems in which the dispersal pattern is distributive, or spreading out ...

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"But now we know that there is this other type of avulsion on deltas where you're not safe," Chadwick said. What's more, climate and land-use change can push avulsions inland on rivers under both ...

Humans have always had a complex relationship with rivers, which both fostered and threatened civilizations throughout history. Just recall Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of death and rebirth, who ...

In 2018, geochronologist Elizabeth Chamberlain, an assistant professor at the Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands, and her team were in Bangladesh to study the movement of river channels in ...