Sedimentology articles within Nature

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  20 September 2023 | Open Access

  Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago

  Wooden artefacts from waterlogged deposits in Zambia dating back 477 ka indicate hitherto unknown sophistication in woodworking at an early date.

  • L. Barham
  • , G. A. T. Duller
  •  & P. Nkombwe

• Article | 09 August 2023

  Sustained wet–dry cycling on early Mars

  Observations by the Curiosity rover at Gale Crater on Mars indicate that high-frequency wet–dry cycling occurred on the early Martian surface, indicating a possible seasonal climate conducive to prebiotic evolution on early Mars.

  • W. Rapin
  • , G. Dromart
  •  & N. L. Lanza

• Article
  26 September 2022 | Open Access

  Layered subsurface in Utopia Basin of Mars revealed by Zhurong rover radar

  A ground-penetrating radar survey of Martian subsurface structure in a southern marginal area of Utopia Planitia constructed a detailed subsurface image profile showing a roughly 70-m-thick, multi-layered structure below regolith.

  • Chao Li
  • , Yikang Zheng
  •  & Fuyuan Wu

• Letter | 19 September 2018

  Transience of the North American High Plains landscape and its impact on surface water

  The High Plains region of North America is in a transient state, with a younger, efficient network of river channels progressively cannibalizing an older, less efficient region, aiding water retention for wetlands and groundwater recharge.

  • Sean D. Willett
  • , Scott W. McCoy
  •  & Helen W. Beeson

• Letter | 27 April 2017

  Abrasion-set limits on Himalayan gravel flux

  The amount of coarse gravel transported out of the Himalayan mountains by rivers is insensitive to catchment size, because the majority of gravel sourced more than 100 kilometres upstream of the mountain front is abraded into sand before it reaches the Ganga Plain.

  • Elizabeth H. Dingle
  • , Mikaël Attal
  •  & Hugh D. Sinclair