08 May, 2024
The 2024 International Sedimentary Geosciences Congress, organized by the Society for Sedimentary Geology, was held in Flagstaff, near the Grand Canyon in Arizona, from 5-8 May.
The conference, which gathers sedimentologist from around the world to present their most recent research, provided an opportunity for APG to showcase its research on the evolution of the Red Sea and the evolution and erosion of the landforms of western Saudi Arabia.
The conference also featured a special session on the ongoing research on Source-to-Sink studies, which try to understand a sedimentary system in its integrality, from the eroding source (mountain range, escarpment, high plateaus) to the sedimenting sink (oceanic basins, lakes, alluvial plains). Source-to-Sink studies allow scholars to understand the evolution of the routing system (or river network) through time.
Dr. Delaunay poses next to the poster presentation.
In this framework, Dr. Delaunay presented the work of our APG research group on the evolution of the Red Sea in a source-to-sink approach. Dr. Delaunay presented the results that were published in two companion papers, one by Research Scientist Dr. Guillaume Baby as the first author, focusing on the Red Sea basins, and the other authored by Dr. Delaunay, focusing on the evolution and erosion of the landforms of western Saudi Arabia.
To access the respective publications and a PDF version of Dr. Delaunay's poster presented at the conference, please use the below links: