Deltas: The fertile dustbins of the continents

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-418

  Evans, Graham ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Cranford   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic changes; Deltas; Drainage basins; Progradation; Sea level changes; Syn sedimentary deformation

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DEEP WATER; DEFORMATION; DELTA; DRAINAGE BASIN; REPOSITORY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBMARINE FAN; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS;

EID: 84862176094     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.11.001     Document Type: Review

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