Liviu Giosan
Biographic Data
| ID | 387361 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Liviu Giosan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Liviu |
| FAMILY NAME | Giosan |
| SIGNATURE | GIOSAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6769-5204 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Flooding of Lagash (Iraq)
High‐resolution remote sensing, magnetometry, and trench stratigraphy identify a significant flood event at Lagash (modern Tell al‐Hiba) during the late Early Dynastic period (ca. 2400–2350 BC ). Satellite imagery and magnetometry reveal a 90‐meter‐wide meander belt—3–15 times broader than documented canals—adjacent to primary temple districts. Test trenches further exposed over one meter of flood‐deposited silt covering existing architecture. Op…
Emerging climate threats to the Mississippi River Delta
Adaptation for changing deltas
Response to Emily Hammer’s article
Holocene paleoenvironmental changes in the marginal marine basin of Great Rann of Kachchh, western India
A Brief Commentary on the Interpretation of Chinese Speleothem δ18O Records as Summer Monsoon Intensity Tracers
Zhang et al [...]
Using Stable Carbon Isotopes to Quantify Radiocarbon Reservoir Age Offsets in the Coastal Black Sea
Constraining radiocarbon ( 14 C) reservoir age offsets is critical to deriving accurate calendar-age chronologies from 14 C dating of materials which did not draw carbon directly from the atmosphere. The application of 14 C dating to such materials is severely limited in hydrologically sensitive environments like the Black Sea because of the difficulty to quantify reservoir age offsets, which can vary quickly and significantly through time, due t…
Marginal deltaic coasts in transition
Multi-proxy records of Holocene palaeoenvironmental changes in the Varna Lake area, western Black Sea coast
Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Ebro Delta (Western Mediterranean Sea)
Major Mediterranean deltas began to develop during a period between 8000 and 6000 yr BP when the rate of fluvial sediment input overtook the declining rate of sea-level rise. However, different authors have argued that the Ebro Delta primarily formed during the late Middle Ages as a consequence of increased anthropogenic pressure on its river basin and these arguments are supported by the scarcity of previous geological studies and available radi…
Evolution of Chilia lobes of the Danube delta
Comment on “Landscape change and archaeological settlements in the lower Danube valley and delta from early Neolithic to Chalcolithic time
First high-resolution marinopalynological stratigraphy of Late Quaternary sediments from the central part of the Bulgarian Black Sea area
Maintenance of large deltas through channelization
Anthropocene metamorphosis of the Indus Delta and lower floodplain
Clay mineral variations in Holocene terrestrial sediments from the Indus Basin
We employed X-ray diffraction methods to quantify clay mineral assemblages in the Indus Delta and flood plains since ~ 14 ka, spanning a period of strong climatic change. Assemblages are dominated by smectite and illite, with minor chlorite and kaolinite. Delta sediments integrate clays from across the basin and show increasing smectite input between 13 and 7.5 ka, indicating stronger chemical weathering as the summer monsoon intensified. Changes…
Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilization
The collapse of the Bronze Age Harappan, one of the earliest urban civilizations, remains an enigma. Urbanism flourished in the western region of the Indo-Gangetic Plain for approximately 600 y, but since approximately 3,900 y ago, the total settled area and settlement sizes declined, many sites were abandoned, and a significant shift in site numbers and density towards the east is recorded. We report morphologic and chronologic evidence indicati…
Simulating fluvial fluxes in the Danube watershed
Climate change and human activities in Europe have altered erosion and riverine sediment transport for thousands of years. The Danube River basin, the second largest watershed in Europe, provides a unique study area to examine these impacts on fluvial discharge through available reconstructed climate data during the ‘Little Ice Age’ cold interval, as well as documented timing of deforestation and large dam emplacement. Suspended sediment flux of …
Sinking deltas due to human activities
Simulating fluvial fluxes in the Danube watershed
Climate change and human activities in Europe have altered erosion and riverine sediment transport for thousands of years. The Danube River basin, the second largest watershed in Europe, provides a unique study area to examine these impacts on fluvial discharge through available reconstructed climate data during the ‘Little Ice Age’ cold interval, as well as documented timing of deforestation and large dam emplacement. Suspended sediment flux of …
Using Stable Carbon Isotopes to Quantify Radiocarbon Reservoir Age Offsets in the Coastal Black Sea
Constraining radiocarbon ( 14 C) reservoir age offsets is critical to deriving accurate calendar-age chronologies from 14 C dating of materials which did not draw carbon directly from the atmosphere. The application of 14 C dating to such materials is severely limited in hydrologically sensitive environments like the Black Sea because of the difficulty to quantify reservoir age offsets, which can vary quickly and significantly through time, due t…
Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Ebro Delta (Western Mediterranean Sea)
Major Mediterranean deltas began to develop during a period between 8000 and 6000 yr BP when the rate of fluvial sediment input overtook the declining rate of sea-level rise. However, different authors have argued that the Ebro Delta primarily formed during the late Middle Ages as a consequence of increased anthropogenic pressure on its river basin and these arguments are supported by the scarcity of previous geological studies and available radi…
Maintenance of large deltas through channelization
Sinking deltas due to human activities
Simulating fluvial fluxes in the Danube watershed
Climate change and human activities in Europe have altered erosion and riverine sediment transport for thousands of years. The Danube River basin, the second largest watershed in Europe, provides a unique study area to examine these impacts on fluvial discharge through available reconstructed climate data during the ‘Little Ice Age’ cold interval, as well as documented timing of deforestation and large dam emplacement. Suspended sediment flux of …
Clay mineral variations in Holocene terrestrial sediments from the Indus Basin
We employed X-ray diffraction methods to quantify clay mineral assemblages in the Indus Delta and flood plains since ~ 14 ka, spanning a period of strong climatic change. Assemblages are dominated by smectite and illite, with minor chlorite and kaolinite. Delta sediments integrate clays from across the basin and show increasing smectite input between 13 and 7.5 ka, indicating stronger chemical weathering as the summer monsoon intensified. Changes…
Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilization
The collapse of the Bronze Age Harappan, one of the earliest urban civilizations, remains an enigma. Urbanism flourished in the western region of the Indo-Gangetic Plain for approximately 600 y, but since approximately 3,900 y ago, the total settled area and settlement sizes declined, many sites were abandoned, and a significant shift in site numbers and density towards the east is recorded. We report morphologic and chronologic evidence indicati…
Comment on “Landscape change and archaeological settlements in the lower Danube valley and delta from early Neolithic to Chalcolithic time
First high-resolution marinopalynological stratigraphy of Late Quaternary sediments from the central part of the Bulgarian Black Sea area
Maintenance of large deltas through channelization
Anthropocene metamorphosis of the Indus Delta and lower floodplain
Evolution of Chilia lobes of the Danube delta
Multi-proxy records of Holocene palaeoenvironmental changes in the Varna Lake area, western Black Sea coast
Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Ebro Delta (Western Mediterranean Sea)
Major Mediterranean deltas began to develop during a period between 8000 and 6000 yr BP when the rate of fluvial sediment input overtook the declining rate of sea-level rise. However, different authors have argued that the Ebro Delta primarily formed during the late Middle Ages as a consequence of increased anthropogenic pressure on its river basin and these arguments are supported by the scarcity of previous geological studies and available radi…
Marginal deltaic coasts in transition
Using Stable Carbon Isotopes to Quantify Radiocarbon Reservoir Age Offsets in the Coastal Black Sea
Constraining radiocarbon ( 14 C) reservoir age offsets is critical to deriving accurate calendar-age chronologies from 14 C dating of materials which did not draw carbon directly from the atmosphere. The application of 14 C dating to such materials is severely limited in hydrologically sensitive environments like the Black Sea because of the difficulty to quantify reservoir age offsets, which can vary quickly and significantly through time, due t…
A Brief Commentary on the Interpretation of Chinese Speleothem δ18O Records as Summer Monsoon Intensity Tracers
Zhang et al [...]
Holocene paleoenvironmental changes in the marginal marine basin of Great Rann of Kachchh, western India
Adaptation for changing deltas
Response to Emily Hammer’s article
Emerging climate threats to the Mississippi River Delta
The Flooding of Lagash (Iraq)
High‐resolution remote sensing, magnetometry, and trench stratigraphy identify a significant flood event at Lagash (modern Tell al‐Hiba) during the late Early Dynastic period (ca. 2400–2350 BC ). Satellite imagery and magnetometry reveal a 90‐meter‐wide meander belt—3–15 times broader than documented canals—adjacent to primary temple districts. Test trenches further exposed over one meter of flood‐deposited silt covering existing architecture. Op…
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (14 works) · Geography (13 works) · Geology (12 works) · Oceanography (11 works) · Delta (10 works) · Structural basin (10 works) · Holocene (8 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Marine and environmental studies (7 works) · Paleontology (7 works)