Classification, Architecture, and Evolution of Large-River Deltas

Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 75-96

  Hori, Kazuaki ^a   Saito, Yoshiki ^b  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Directly measured accumulation rates; Fan deltas and lacustrine deltas; Fluvial sedimentology and geomorphology; Fluvial influenced high constructive delta; High constructive and high destructive deltas; Palaeo delta morphology; Palaeoaltitude and palaeo water depth; Subparallel or diverging beach and chenier ridges; Tide and wave dominated delta; Transgressive coastal depositional systems

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; CHENIER; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; FLUVIAL-INFLUENCED HIGH-CONSTRUCTIVE DELTA; HIGH-CONSTRUCTIVE AND HIGH-DESTRUCTIVE DELTAS; LACUSTRINE DELTAS; WATER DEPTH; WAVE-DOMINATED;

EID: 84889280974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470723722.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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