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James P. M. Syvitski
Researcher at University of Colorado Boulder
Publications - 304
Citations - 32436
James P. M. Syvitski is an academic researcher from University of Colorado Boulder. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sediment & Drainage basin. The author has an hindex of 74, co-authored 304 publications receiving 28538 citations. Previous affiliations of James P. M. Syvitski include Geological Survey of Canada & Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Geomorphic/Tectonic Control of Sediment Discharge to the Ocean: The Importance of Small Mountainous Rivers
TL;DR: In this paper, data from 280 rivers discharging to the ocean indicates that sediment loads/yields are a log-linear function of basin area and maximum elevation of the river basin.
Impact of Humans on the Flux of Terrestrial Sediment to the Global Coastal Ocean
TL;DR: Global estimates of the seasonal flux of sediment, on a river-by-river basis, under modern and prehuman conditions are provided, showing African and Asian rivers carry a greatly reduced sediment load; Indonesian rivers deliver much more sediment to coastal areas.
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Impact of Humans on the Flux of Terrestrial Sediment to the Global Coastal Ocean
James P. M. Syvitski,James P. M. Syvitski,James P. M. Syvitski,Charles J. Vörösmarty,Charles J. Vörösmarty,Charles J. Vörösmarty,Albert J. Kettner,Albert J. Kettner,Albert J. Kettner,P. A. Green,P. A. Green,P. A. Green +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the seasonal flux of sediment, on a river-by-river basis, under modern and prehuman conditions, is provided, and the authors show that humans have simultaneously increased the sediment transport by global rivers through soil erosion (by 2.3 ± 0.6 billion metric tons per year), yet reduced the flux reaching the world's coasts (by 1.4 ± 0 3 billion metric ton per year) because of retention within reservoirs.
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Sinking deltas due to human activities
James P. M. Syvitski,Albert J. Kettner,Irina Overeem,Eric W. H. Hutton,M. T. Hannon,G. Robert Brakenridge,John W. Day,Charles J. Vörösmarty,Yoshiki Saito,Liviu Giosan,Robert J. Nicholls +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an assessment of 33 deltas chosen to represent the world's Deltas and find that in the past decade, 85% of them experienced severe flooding, resulting in the temporary submergence of 260,000 km2.
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The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene
Colin N. Waters,Jan Zalasiewicz,Colin Summerhayes,Anthony D. Barnosky,Clément Poirier,Agnieszka Gałuszka,Alejandro Cearreta,Matt Edgeworth,Erle C. Ellis,Michael A. Ellis,Catherine Jeandel,Reinhold Leinfelder,John Robert McNeill,Daniel Richter,Will Steffen,James P. M. Syvitski,Davor Vidas,Michael Wagreich,Mark Williams,An Zhisheng,Jacques Grinevald,Eric O. Odada,Naomi Oreskes,Alexander P. Wolfe +23 more
TL;DR: C climatic, biological, and geochemical signatures of human activity in sediments and ice cores, Combined with deposits of new materials and radionuclides, as well as human-caused modification of sedimentary processes, the Anthropocene stands alone stratigraphically as a new epoch beginning sometime in the mid–20th century.