The Sedimentary Record

The Sedimentary Record is a short-format, peer-reviewed, diamond open access journal for all sub-disciplines related to soft rock geosciences. It is published online, sponsored by the SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology. Articles are free to publish and free to read for everyone, and authors retain copyrights.

doi: 10.2110/sedred.2021.3
ISSN 1543-8740
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Current Issue - Volume 21

Morphodynamic Preservation of Fluvial Channel Belts
Benjamin T. Cardenas, Michael P. Lamb, Zane R. Jobe, David Mohrig, John M. Swartz

The Incompleteness Fallacy: The Stratigraphic Record Is Not an Imperfect Archive of Earth’s History
Angela M. Hessler, PhD

TSR Archive

The full archive of The Sedimentary Record may be found online.

Benefits of publishing in the Sedimentary Record

Diamond Open Access: authors can publish open access, full color articles at no charge
Exposure to a global, diverse readership, including promotion by SEPM digital marketing
Rapid peer review process from at least two reviewers

Author guidelines and manuscript submission

Extensive details regarding TSR submissions may be found here.

Submission Deadlines*

The Sedimentary Record is now using a continuous publishing process. There will be no deadlines to submit a manuscript to a specific issue. Accepted manuscripts will be published online as soon as they have passed the review process and have been formatted for online publishing. The date an article is posted will be its official date of publication. *These deadlines are subject to change as TSR adapts with the culture of open access publishing.

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TSR Special Issue: Future Directions of Deepwater Sedimentology

The special issue is open to anyone, and we welcome all submissions relevant to deepwater sedimentology; participants of the Deep Water Research Group Forum 2021 are especially encouraged to submit manuscripts related to the work they presented at the forum.

Submissions will be accepted throughout the duration of 2022. Special topics include:

Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) in deep-sea sediments
Carbon burial in deep-sea sediments
Deepwater gas Hydrates
Critical minerals within deepwater sedimentary deposits
Deep sea geothermal energy
Microplastics and Pollutants in Deep-sea sediments
Recent advances and applications using machine learning and quantitative analysis in deepwater deposits
Modern day deepwater monitoring of canyons
Modern Hazards - submarine landslides etc

Questions? Contact the TSR editors or learn more from the Deepwater Research Group.