“Provides an introduction to current ideas, a snapshot of active research, and pointers to future developments… Its technical content graces an already excellent series.” (Geoscientist, February 2020)

• List of contributors viiAcknowledgements xSedimentology of meandering river deposits: advances and challenges 1Massimiliano Ghinassi, Luca Colombera, Nigel P. Mountney and Arnold Jan H. ReesinkControls on the depositional architecture of fluvial point-bar elements in a coastal-plain succession 15Michelle N. Shiers, Nigel P. Mountney, David M. Hodgson and Luca ColomberaToggling between expansion and translation: The generation of a muddy-normal point bar with an earthquake imprint 47Shelby Johnston and John HolbrookPlanform sinuosity of Proterozoic rivers: A craton to channel-reach perspective 81Alessandro Ielpi, Massimiliano Ghinassi,Robert H. Rainbird and Dario VentraThe shortage of geological evidence for pre-vegetation meandering rivers 119William J. McMahon and Neil S. DaviesAn exhumed fine-grained meandering channel in the lower Permian Clear Fork Formation, north-central Texas: Processes of mud accumulation and the role of vegetation in channel dynamics 149Sharane S.T. Simon, Martin R. Gibling,William A. DiMichele, Dan S. Chaney and Rebecca KollInterpretation of cross strata formed by unit bars 173Arnold Jan H. ReesinkChute cutoffs in meandering rivers: formative mechanisms and hydrodynamic forcing 201Daniele P. Viero, Sergio Lopez Dubon and Stefano LanzoniPredicting heterogeneity in meandering fluvial and tidal-fluvial deposits: The point bar to counter point bar transition 231Paul R. Durkin, Stephen M. Hubbard,Derald G. Smith and Dale A. LeckieFill characteristics of abandoned channels and resulting stratigraphy of a mobile sand-bed river floodplain 251Arved Schwendel, Rolf Aalto,Andrew Nicholas and Daniel ParsonsCharacterising three-dimensional flow through neck cutoffs with complex planform geometry 273Derek Richards, Kory Konsoer, Christopher Turnipseed and Clinton WillsonHydro-sedimentological processes in meandering rivers: A review and some future research directions 297Koen BlanckaertUnsuccessful cut offs – origin and partial preservation of enigmatic channel fills encased within a large-scale point-bar deposit – The McMurray Formation type section, Alberta, Canada 321Milovan Fustic, Rudy Strobl, Massimiliano Ghinassi and Shuyu ZhangModern and ancient amalgamated sandymeander-belt deposits: recognition and controls on development 349Adrian J. Hartley, Amanda Owen, Gary S. Weissmann and Louis ScuderiA novel approach for prediction of lithological heterogeneity in fluvial point-bar deposits from analysis of meander morphology and scroll-bar pattern 385Catherine E. Russell, Nigel P. Mountney, David M. Hodgson and Luca ColomberaReconstructing the architecture of ancient meander belts by compiling outcrop and subsurface data: A Triassic example 419César Viseras, Saturnina Henares, Luis Miguel Yeste and Fernando Garcia-GarciaReconstruction of a sandy point-bar deposit: implications for fluvial facies analysis 445Alistair Swan, Adrian J. Hartley, Amanda Owen and John HowellFluvial point-bar architecture and facies heterogeneity and their influence on intra-bar static connectivity in humid coastal-plain and dryland fan systems 475Na Yan, Luca Colombera, Nigel P. Mountney and Robert M. DorrellEmergent facies patterns within fluvial channel belts 509Brian J. Willis and Richard P. SechQuantifying impacts of fluvial intrachannel- belt heterogeneity on reservoir behaviour 543Brian J. Willis and Richard P. SechIndex 573

“Provides an introduction to current ideas, a snapshot of active research, and pointers to future developments… Its technical content graces an already excellent series.” (Geoscientist, February 2020)

• List of contributors viiAcknowledgements xSedimentology of meandering river deposits: advances and challenges 1Massimiliano Ghinassi, Luca Colombera, Nigel P. Mountney and Arnold Jan H. ReesinkControls on the depositional architecture of fluvial point-bar elements in a coastal-plain succession 15Michelle N. Shiers, Nigel P. Mountney, David M. Hodgson and Luca ColomberaToggling between expansion and translation: The generation of a muddy-normal point bar with an earthquake imprint 47Shelby Johnston and John HolbrookPlanform sinuosity of Proterozoic rivers: A craton to channel-reach perspective 81Alessandro Ielpi, Massimiliano Ghinassi,Robert H. Rainbird and Dario VentraThe shortage of geological evidence for pre-vegetation meandering rivers 119William J. McMahon and Neil S. DaviesAn exhumed fine-grained meandering channel in the lower Permian Clear Fork Formation, north-central Texas: Processes of mud accumulation and the role of vegetation in channel dynamics 149Sharane S.T. Simon, Martin R. Gibling,William A. DiMichele, Dan S. Chaney and Rebecca KollInterpretation of cross strata formed by unit bars 173Arnold Jan H. ReesinkChute cutoffs in meandering rivers: formative mechanisms and hydrodynamic forcing 201Daniele P. Viero, Sergio Lopez Dubon and Stefano LanzoniPredicting heterogeneity in meandering fluvial and tidal-fluvial deposits: The point bar to counter point bar transition 231Paul R. Durkin, Stephen M. Hubbard,Derald G. Smith and Dale A. LeckieFill characteristics of abandoned channels and resulting stratigraphy of a mobile sand-bed river floodplain 251Arved Schwendel, Rolf Aalto,Andrew Nicholas and Daniel ParsonsCharacterising three-dimensional flow through neck cutoffs with complex planform geometry 273Derek Richards, Kory Konsoer, Christopher Turnipseed and Clinton WillsonHydro-sedimentological processes in meandering rivers: A review and some future research directions 297Koen BlanckaertUnsuccessful cut offs – origin and partial preservation of enigmatic channel fills encased within a large-scale point-bar deposit – The McMurray Formation type section, Alberta, Canada 321Milovan Fustic, Rudy Strobl, Massimiliano Ghinassi and Shuyu ZhangModern and ancient amalgamated sandymeander-belt deposits: recognition and controls on development 349Adrian J. Hartley, Amanda Owen, Gary S. Weissmann and Louis ScuderiA novel approach for prediction of lithological heterogeneity in fluvial point-bar deposits from analysis of meander morphology and scroll-bar pattern 385Catherine E. Russell, Nigel P. Mountney, David M. Hodgson and Luca ColomberaReconstructing the architecture of ancient meander belts by compiling outcrop and subsurface data: A Triassic example 419César Viseras, Saturnina Henares, Luis Miguel Yeste and Fernando Garcia-GarciaReconstruction of a sandy point-bar deposit: implications for fluvial facies analysis 445Alistair Swan, Adrian J. Hartley, Amanda Owen and John HowellFluvial point-bar architecture and facies heterogeneity and their influence on intra-bar static connectivity in humid coastal-plain and dryland fan systems 475Na Yan, Luca Colombera, Nigel P. Mountney and Robert M. DorrellEmergent facies patterns within fluvial channel belts 509Brian J. Willis and Richard P. SechQuantifying impacts of fluvial intrachannel- belt heterogeneity on reservoir behaviour 543Brian J. Willis and Richard P. SechIndex 573

“Provides an introduction to current ideas, a snapshot of active research, and pointers to future developments… Its technical content graces an already excellent series.” (Geoscientist, February 2020)

• List of contributors viiAcknowledgements xSedimentology of meandering river deposits: advances and challenges 1Massimiliano Ghinassi, Luca Colombera, Nigel P. Mountney and Arnold Jan H. ReesinkControls on the depositional architecture of fluvial point-bar elements in a coastal-plain succession 15Michelle N. Shiers, Nigel P. Mountney, David M. Hodgson and Luca ColomberaToggling between expansion and translation: The generation of a muddy-normal point bar with an earthquake imprint 47Shelby Johnston and John HolbrookPlanform sinuosity of Proterozoic rivers: A craton to channel-reach perspective 81Alessandro Ielpi, Massimiliano Ghinassi,Robert H. Rainbird and Dario VentraThe shortage of geological evidence for pre-vegetation meandering rivers 119William J. McMahon and Neil S. DaviesAn exhumed fine-grained meandering channel in the lower Permian Clear Fork Formation, north-central Texas: Processes of mud accumulation and the role of vegetation in channel dynamics 149Sharane S.T. Simon, Martin R. Gibling,William A. DiMichele, Dan S. Chaney and Rebecca KollInterpretation of cross strata formed by unit bars 173Arnold Jan H. ReesinkChute cutoffs in meandering rivers: formative mechanisms and hydrodynamic forcing 201Daniele P. Viero, Sergio Lopez Dubon and Stefano LanzoniPredicting heterogeneity in meandering fluvial and tidal-fluvial deposits: The point bar to counter point bar transition 231Paul R. Durkin, Stephen M. Hubbard,Derald G. Smith and Dale A. LeckieFill characteristics of abandoned channels and resulting stratigraphy of a mobile sand-bed river floodplain 251Arved Schwendel, Rolf Aalto,Andrew Nicholas and Daniel ParsonsCharacterising three-dimensional flow through neck cutoffs with complex planform geometry 273Derek Richards, Kory Konsoer, Christopher Turnipseed and Clinton WillsonHydro-sedimentological processes in meandering rivers: A review and some future research directions 297Koen BlanckaertUnsuccessful cut offs – origin and partial preservation of enigmatic channel fills encased within a large-scale point-bar deposit – The McMurray Formation type section, Alberta, Canada 321Milovan Fustic, Rudy Strobl, Massimiliano Ghinassi and Shuyu ZhangModern and ancient amalgamated sandymeander-belt deposits: recognition and controls on development 349Adrian J. Hartley, Amanda Owen, Gary S. Weissmann and Louis ScuderiA novel approach for prediction of lithological heterogeneity in fluvial point-bar deposits from analysis of meander morphology and scroll-bar pattern 385Catherine E. Russell, Nigel P. Mountney, David M. Hodgson and Luca ColomberaReconstructing the architecture of ancient meander belts by compiling outcrop and subsurface data: A Triassic example 419César Viseras, Saturnina Henares, Luis Miguel Yeste and Fernando Garcia-GarciaReconstruction of a sandy point-bar deposit: implications for fluvial facies analysis 445Alistair Swan, Adrian J. Hartley, Amanda Owen and John HowellFluvial point-bar architecture and facies heterogeneity and their influence on intra-bar static connectivity in humid coastal-plain and dryland fan systems 475Na Yan, Luca Colombera, Nigel P. Mountney and Robert M. DorrellEmergent facies patterns within fluvial channel belts 509Brian J. Willis and Richard P. SechQuantifying impacts of fluvial intrachannel- belt heterogeneity on reservoir behaviour 543Brian J. Willis and Richard P. SechIndex 573