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Manuscripts in Review and Revision

  • *Chadwick, A. J., *E. Greenberg, and V. Ganti, River planforms originate from (im)balance between bank erosion and bar accretion, under review.
  • *Valenza, J., A. C. Whittaker, V. Ganti, *E. Greenberg, J. S. McLeod,  and A. L. Wild, Proterozoic point bars: Geological evidence for the prevalence of 1.2 Ga meandering and high-sinuosity wandering rivers, under review.

Published / In Press Articles

  • Stark, C. P., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and V. Ganti (2009), A nonlocal theory of sediment buffering and bedrock channel evolution, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 114, F01029, doi:10.1029/2008JF000981.
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  • Ganti, V., A. Singh, P. Passalacqua, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou (2009), Subordinated Brownian motion model for sediment transport, Physical Review E, 80(1), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.011111.
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  • Foufoula-Georgiou, E., V. Ganti, and W. E. Dietrich (2010), A nonlocal theory of sediment transport on hillslopes, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 115, F00A16, doi:10.1029/2009JF001280.
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  • Ganti, V., M. M. Meerschaert, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, E. Viparelli, and G. Parker (2010), Normal and anomalous diffusion of gravel tracer particles in rivers, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 115, F00A12, doi:10.1029/2008JF001222.
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  • Ganti, V., K. M. Straub, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and C. Paola (2011), Space-time dynamics of depositional systems: Experimental evidence and theoretical modeling of heavy-tailed statistics, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 116, F02011, doi:10.1029/2010JF001893.
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  • Ganti, V., P. Passalacqua, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou (2012), A sub-grid scale closure for nonlinear hillslope sediment transport models, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 117, F02012, doi:10.1029/2011JF00218.
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  • Voller, V. R., V. Ganti, C. Paola, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou (2012), Does the flow of information in a landscape have direction?, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L01403, doi:10.1029/2011GL050265.
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  • Straub, K. M., V. Ganti, C. Paola, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou (2012), Prevalence of exponential bed thickness distributions in the stratigraphic record: Experiments and theory, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 117, F02003, doi:10.1029/2011JF002034.
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  • Geleynse, N., V. R. Voller, C. Paola, and V. Ganti (2012), Characterization of river delta shorelines, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L17402, doi:10.1029/2012GL052845.
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  • Hondzo, M., M. Morris, V. R. Voller, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, J. Finlay, V. Ganti, and M. E. Power (2013), Estimating and scaling stream ecosystem metabolism along channels with heterogeneous substrate, Ecohydrology, doi:10.1002/eco.1391.
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  • Falcini, F., E. Foufoula-Georgiou, V. Ganti, C. Paola, and V. R. Voller (2013), A combined non-linear and non-local model for topographic evolution in channelized depositional systems, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 118, doi:10.1029/2012JF002547.
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  • Ganti, V., C. Paola, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou (2013), Kinematic controls on the geometry of the preserved cross-sets, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 118, 1296–1307, doi:10.1002/jgrf.20094.
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  • Ganti, V., M. P. Lamb, and B. McElroy (2014), Quantitative bounds on morphodynamics and implications for reading the sedimentary record, Nature Communications, 5:3298, doi:10.1038/ncomms4298.
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  • Ganti, V., Z. Chu, M. P. Lamb, J. A. Nittrouer, and G. Parker (2014), Testing morphodynamic controls on the location and frequency of river avulsions on fans versus deltas: Huanghe (Yellow River), China, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 7882–7890, doi:10.1002/2014GL061918.
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  • Golombek, M. P., N. H. Warner, V. Ganti, M. P. Lamb, T. J. Parker, R. L. Fergason, and R. Sullivan (2014), Small crater modification on Meridiani Planum and implications for erosion rates and climate change on Mars, Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets, 119, 2522–2547, doi: 10.1002/2014JE004658.
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  • Ganti, V., A. J. Chadwick, H. J. Hassenruck-Gudipati, B. M. Fuller, and M. P. Lamb (2016), Experimental river delta size set by multiple floods and backwater hydrodynamics, Science Advances, 2, e1501768, doi:10.1126/sciadv.1501768.
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  • Ganti, V., A. J. Chadwick, H. J. Hassenruck-Gudipati, and M. P. Lamb (2016), Avulsion cycles and their stratigraphic signature on an experimental backwater-controlled delta, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 112, doi:10.1002/2016JF003915.
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  • Ganti, V., C. von Hagke, D. Scherler, M. P. Lamb, W. W. Fischer, and J.-P. Avouac (2016), Timescale bias in erosion rates of glaciated landscapes, Science Advances, 2, e1600204, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1600204.
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  • DiBiase, R. A., M. P. Lamb, V. Ganti, and A. M. Booth (2017), Slope, grain size, and roughness controls on dry sediment transport and storage on steep hillslopes, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 122, doi: 10.1002/2016JF003970.
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  • Torres, M., A. Limaye, V. Ganti, M. P. Lamb, W. W. Fischer, and A. J. West (2017), Model predictions of long-lived storage of organic carbon in river deposits, Earth Surface Dynamics, 5, 711-730, doi:10.5194/esurf-5-711-2017.
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  • Paola, C., V. Ganti, D. Mohrig, A. C. Runkel, and K. M. Straub (2018), Time not our time: physical controls on the preservation and measurement of geologic time, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 46 (1), 409–438, doi:10.1146/annurev-earth-082517-010129.
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  • Trower, E. J., V. Ganti, W. W. Fischer, and M. P. Lamb (2018), Erosional surfaces in the Upper Cretaceous Castlegate Sandstone (Utah, USA): Sequence boundaries or autogenic scour from backwater hydrodynamics? Geology, 46, 707-710,doi:10.1130/G40273.1.
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  • Sweeney, J., N. H. Warner, V. Ganti, M. P. Golombek, M. P. Lamb, R. Fergason, and R. Kirk (2018), Degradation of one-hundred-meter-scale rocky ejecta craters at the Insight landing site on Mars and implications for surface process and erosion rates in the Hesperian and Amazonian, Journal of Geophysical Research – Planets, 123, 2732-2759, doi: 10.1029/2018JE005618.
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  • Ganti, V., M. P. Lamb, and A. J. Chadwick (2019), Autogenic erosional surfaces in fluvio-deltaic stratigraphy from floods, avulsions and backwater hydrodynamics, Journal of Sedimentary Research, 89(8), 815-832.
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  • Ganti, V., A. C. Whittaker, M. P. Lamb, and W. W. Fischer (2019), Low-gradient, single-threaded rivers prior to greening of the continents, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(24), 11652-11657, doi/10.1073/pnas.1901642116.
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  • *Leary, K., and V. Ganti (2020), Preserved fluvial cross strata record bedform disequilibrium dynamics, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL085910.
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  • Watkins, S., A. C. Whittaker, R. Bell, *S. Brooke, V. Ganti, R. Gawthorpe, L. McNeill, and C. Nixon (2020), Straight from the source’s mouth: Controls on field-constrained sediment export across the entire active Corinth Rift, Central Greece, Basin Research, 00:1-26, https://doi.org/10.1111/ bre.12444.
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  • Ganti, V., E. A. Hajek, *K. Leary, K. M. Straub, and C. Paola (2020), Morphodynamic hierarchy and the fabric of the sedimentary record, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL087921. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087921
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  • Chadwick, A. J., M. P. Lamb, and V. Ganti (2020), Accelerated river avulsion frequency on lowland deltas due to sea-level rise, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (30) 17584-17590; DOI:10.1073/pnas.1912351117.
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  • *Brooke, S., V. Ganti, A. J. Chadwick, and M. P. Lamb (2020), Flood variability determines the location of lobe-scale avulsions on deltas: Madagascar, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL088797. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088797.
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  • Alcántara-Ayala, I., A. A. Berhe, L. Derry, V. Ganti, A. A. Horton, and M. S. Sim (2021), Reflections on Earth surface research, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2, 15-20, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-020-00125-9.
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  • Zeichner, S., J. Nghiem, M. P. Lamb, N. Takashima, J. de Leeuw, V. Ganti, and W. W. Fischer (2021), Early plant organics increased global terrestrial mud deposition through enhanced flocculation, Science, 371 (6528), 526-529, doi: 10.1126/science.abd0379.
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  • *Greenberg, E., V. Ganti, and E. A. Hajek (2021), Quantifying bankfull flow width using preserved bar clinoforms from fluvial strata, Geology, doi:10.1130/G48729.1.
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  • Li, J., V. Ganti, C. Li, and H. Wei (2022), Upstream migration of avulsion sites on lowland deltas with river-mouth retreat, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 577, 117270, doi:org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117270.
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  • Lyster, S. J., A. C. Whittaker, E. A. Hajek, and V. Ganti (2022), Field evidence for disequilibrium dynamics in preserved fluvial cross-strata: A record of discharge variability or morphodynamic hierarchy?, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 579, 117355.
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  • *Brooke, S., A. J. Chadwick, J. Silvestre, M. P. Lamb, D. A. Edmonds, and V. Ganti (2022), Where rivers jump course, Science, 376 (6596), 987-990, DOI: 10.1126/science.abm1215.
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  • *Das, D., V. Ganti, R. Bradley, J. Venditti , A. J. H. Reesink, and D. Parsons (2022), The influence of transport stage on the geometry of preserved cross strata, Geophysical Research Letters,49, e2022GL099808, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099808.
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  • *Valenza, J., V. Ganti, A. C. Whittaker, and M. P. Lamb (2023), Pre-vegetation, single-threaded rivers sustained by cohesive, fine-grained bank sediments: Mesoproterozoic Stoer Group, NW Scotland, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL104379. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104379.
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  • *Chadwick, A. J., *E. Greenberg, and V. Ganti (2023), Remote sensing of riverbank migration using particle image velocimetry, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, 128, e2023JF007177, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JF007177.
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  • *Greenberg, E., *A. J. Chadwick, and V. Ganti (2023), A generalized area-based framework to quantify river mobility from remotely sensed imagery, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, 128, e2023JF007189. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JF007189.
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  • *Greenberg, E., and V. Ganti (2024), The pace of global river meandering influenced by fluvial sediment supply, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 634, 118674.
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  • McLeod, J. S., A. C. Whittaker, R. E. Bell, G. J. Hampson, S. E. Watkins, S. Brooke, N. Rezwan, J. Hook, J. R. Zondervan, V. Ganti, and S. Lyster (2024), Landscapes on the edge: river intermittency in a warming world, Geology, 52 (7): 512–516. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/G52043.1.
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  • *Zhao, F., V. Ganti, and A. Limaye (2024), Scour depth variability controls channel-scale stratigraphy in experimental braided rivers, Journal of Sedimentary Research, 94, 302-312, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2023.118.
  • Ganti, V., M. M. Kelley, *D. Das, and R. C. Mahon (2024), Timescales of autogenic noise in river bedform evolution and stratigraphy, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL108965, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108965.
  • *Greenberg, E., *A. J. Chadwick, G. K. Li, and V. Ganti (2024), Quantifying channel mobility and floodplain reworking timescales across river planform morphologies, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL108537. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108537.
  • Mahon, R. C., V. Ganti, M. M. Kelley, *D. Das, V. Sanchez, and G. Portocarrero (2024), Lower bound on preserved flood duration in fluvial bedform stratigraphy, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL109622. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109622.
  • *Das, D., V. Ganti, and A. J. H. Reesink (2024), The role of fluvial morphodynamic hierarchy in shaping bedform deposits, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL110678. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110678.
  • Leenman, A., *E. Greenberg, S. Moulds, M. Wortmann, L. Slater, and V. Ganti (2024), Accelerated river mobility linked to water discharge variability, Geophysical Research Letters, in press.

Other Publications

  • Ganti, V. (2012), Non-local theories of geomorphic transport: From hillslopes to rivers to deltas to the stratigraphic record, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 265 pp.
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  • Foufoula-Georgiou, E., V. Ganti, and P. Passalacqua (2008) Geomorphic transport laws: Non-local flux with classical mass balance, University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute Research Report, UMSI 2008/27.
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