Exploring the role of organic matter accumulation on delta evolution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lorenzo Trueba, Jorge ^a   Voller, Vaughan R ^a   Paola, Chris ^a   Twilley, Robert R ^b   Bevington, Azure E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; DELTA; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MODELING; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANT; SEDIMENTATION; SHORELINE CHANGE;

EID: 84864808691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JF002339     Document Type: Article

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