The Usumacinta&ndash;Grijalva beach-ridge plain in southern Mexico: a high-resolution archive of river discharge and precipitation

Nooren, Kees; Hoek, Wim Z.; Winkels, Tim; Huizinga, Annika; Van der Plicht, Hans; Van Dam, Remke L.; Van Heteren, Sytze; Van Bergen, Manfred J.; Prins, Maarten A.; Reimann, Tony; Wallinga, Jakob; Cohen, Kim M.; Minderhoud, Philip; Middelkoop, Hans

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-529-2017

Articles | Volume 5, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-529-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-529-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 5, issue 3

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08 Sep 2017

Research article |

| 08 Sep 2017

The Usumacinta–Grijalva beach-ridge plain in southern Mexico: a high-resolution archive of river discharge and precipitation

Kees Nooren, Wim Z. Hoek, Tim Winkels, Annika Huizinga, Hans Van der Plicht, Remke L. Van Dam, Sytze Van Heteren, Manfred J. Van Bergen, Maarten A. Prins, Tony Reimann, Jakob Wallinga, Kim M. Cohen, Philip Minderhoud, and Hans Middelkoop

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RC1: 'Review comments on the paper by Nooren et al.', Toru Tamura, 06 Jun 2017
RC2: 'N. Kees, Usumachinta, southern Mexico beach ridge plain, etc.', Ervin Otvos, 08 Jun 2017
AC1: 'Reply 15 jun', Kees Nooren, 15 Jun 2017

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ED: Publish as is (27 Jul 2017) by Francois Metivier

ED: Publish as is (02 Aug 2017) by Niels Hovius (Editor)

AR by Kees Nooren on behalf of the Authors (07 Aug 2017)

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We demonstrate that the world's largest beach-ridge plain in southern Mexico was formed under an ample long-term fluvial sediment supply. The beach-ridge elevation is strongly influenced by aeolian accretion during the time when the ridge is located next to the beach. The beach-ridge elevation is negatively correlated with the progradation rate, which we relate to the variability in sediment supply to the coastal zone, reflecting decadal-scale precipitation changes within the river catchment.