Fluvial and marine controls on combined subaerial and subaqueous delta progradation: Morphodynamic modeling of compound-clinoform development

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Swenson, John B ^a,b   Paola, Chris ^b   Pratson, Lincoln ^c   Voller, Vaughan R ^b   Murray, A Brad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; DELTA; FLOOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHODYNAMICS; PROGRADATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SHALLOW WATER; SURF ZONE;

EID: 26944494349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JF000265     Document Type: Article

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