Conceptual framework for assessing the response of delta channel networks to Holocene sea level rise

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 1786-1800

  Jerolmack, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED SEA-LEVEL RISE; ACCOMMODATION SPACE; BRANCHING NETWORK; CHANNEL AVULSIONS; CHANNEL BIFURCATION; CHANNEL NETWORK; CHANNEL PATTERN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH; FUNDAMENTAL UNITS; GEOLOGIC CONTROL; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL; HUMAN EFFECTS; INCISED VALLEY; MISSISSIPPI; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NETWORK EVOLUTION; PROGRADATION; RELATIVE RATES; SEA LEVEL RISE; SIMPLE MODELING;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

SEA LEVEL;

AGGRADATION; AVULSION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE; SHORELINE CHANGE;

ATCHAFALAYA DELTA; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WAX LAKE DELTA;

EID: 67650963747     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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