Asymmetry in Holocene river deltas: Patterns, controls, and stratigraphic effects

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 150, Issue , 2015, Pages 219-242

  Korus, Jesse T ^a,b   Fielding, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Coastal currents; Coastal processes; Longshore drift; Mud wedge; River delta

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; COASTAL CURRENT; DELTA; DEPOSITION; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; FACIES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 84939474225     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.07.013     Document Type: Review

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