OCB2023 Plenary Session: Role of deltaic sediments in regulating biogeochemical cycles

Plenary Session: Role of deltaic sediments in regulating biogeochemical cycles
Chairs: Shaily Rahman, Jessica Luo, Cristina Schultz
Session introduction and OCB Benthic Ecosystem & Carbon Synthesis (BECS) working group highlight (Shaily Rahman, CU Boulder; Jessica Luo, NOAA/GFDL, Cristina Schultz, Northeastern Univ.)
Deltas as dynamic diagenetic and biogeochemical cycling systems (Robert Aller, Stony Brook Univ.)
Global river deltas and their relevance within Earth’s sediment source to sink (Jaap Nienhuis, Utrecht Univ.)
Distributary channel dynamics control water and sediment dispersal along deltaic coastlines (Brandee Carlson, Univ. Houston) (virtual)
Tools for interrogating deltas (Elizabeth Chamberlain, Wageningen Univ.)
Sea level and river deltas across time scales: From the last lowstand to modern anthropogenic alterations (Till Hanebuth, Coastal Carolina Univ.)
Oxygen and carbon dynamics in river-influenced shelf sediments (Kanchan Maiti, Louisiana State Univ.)
The biogeochemical cycling of Si and P in deltaic systems (Shaily Rahman, CU Boulder)
A mouth(ful) of mangroves taking root in tropical deltas (David Lagomasino, East Carolina Univ.)
Panel discussion
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