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T�bl� 8.3 (Contd.)
Style
name
No.� Sinuosityb Brai9
.
ipg
Sediment
papmeterc type
Fluvial Styles and Fp.cies Models
Charact(:!ristic Moderp. exa�ples a,nd
elementsd
interpreted ancient examples
Anastomosed
8
Low to
high
High
Sanq, fine$
SB, CH (LA)
FF, LV, CR,
cs
Ru$t (1981), D.G. Smith (1983, 1986),
Rust and Legun (1983), Rust et al.
(1984), Flow and Hanley (1984),
Par� 3: Sqnd-dotr:inated, lpw-sinuosity river$
Low sinuosity
Low
Low
Sand
braided�
meandering
with altern
9
Low to
High
perennial
int.
braided
"Pl;itte type"
Deep perennial 10
Low to
Int. to
braided
int.
high
�s. Saskatchewan
type"
}iigh�ene,rgy,
Low to
Int. to
sand�b!!:d braided
�nt.
high
Sheetflood
11
Low
High
distal
briii9.�d
Flashy,
12 Low
High
epP.em�ral
sh�etflood
"Bijou Cr?ek type''
a
M 94e i l l l l ffi b
· e r s froi D Miall
. (1985).
Sand
Sand,
minor fines
Sand,
minor fi.nes
Sand,
xp.inor fines
Sand
minor fines
N.D. Smith et al. (1989), Shu$ter and
Steidtmann (1987), Eberth and Miall
(1991), Kirschbaum and McCabe (1992)
DA-LA, SB, FF McCabe (1977), Galloway (1981),
Crowley (1983), Ok0lo (1983),
Bridge et al. (1986), Olsen (198S),
Wizevich ( 1992b)
SB (FF)
DA, LA, SB
(FF)
DA, SB,HO,
(FF)
SB (FF)
LS (FF)
Miall (1976, 1984b), Blodgett and
Stanley (1980), Crowley (1983), Allen
(1983a), Smith and Smith (1984), Roe
and Hermansen (1993)
Cant and Walker (1978), Kirk (1983),
Haszeldine (1983a,p), Allen (19S3a),
RamO$ et al. (1986), Lawren�e and
Williams (1987), Miajl (1988c, 1994),
Bristow (1987, 1988, 1993a,b),
Wizevich (1992b), Luttrell (1993)
Willis (1993a,b)
Miall (1988a), Cowan (1991)
Williams (1971), Miall and Gibling
(1978), Parkash et al. (1983), Sn�h
(1983), Lawrence and Williams (!987),
Olse.p. (1989), Cotter and Graham
(1991), Munoz et a!. (1992)
McKee et a!. (1997), Miall and
Gibli�g (1978), Rust (1978b), Tunbridge
(1981, !984), Sneh (1983), Miail
(1984b), Lawre�ce and Willi�ms (1987),
Langford and Bracken (1987), Mertz
<1-nd Hubert (1990), Cotter anQ.
(Jrah�m (1991), Bromley (1991a)
b $uggeey�ed sim;tosit}r (P) val�es: low< 1.2, intermediate 1.2-1.5, }ligh > 1.5.
" Sy.gge$t�d b)::' �iding parameter values: low< t, interm�diate 1-3, high> 3.
d Elemep.ts shown in brackets ·are xp.inor components. El�ment CH is shown only where it forms a significant proportion,
of the assemblage, .and cannot be ,subdivided intq component elements.
A S!lJ:!lmary of the J: !lodels and the data ])ase from
which they have been built is given in Table 8.3.
Nanson ami Croke (1992) provided a review
of fl!lvial floodplains from a geomorphological
perspective (altho!lgh thq quoted much of the sedimentological literature), and developed a cla$sification that is very similar to that used here. Their focus
was on surface process�s. ?,nd their emphasis was on
fl oodplain !ieve]opment rather than channel sedL
mentation, but the convergence of ideas between
sedimentology and geomorphology that seel:!ls to be
evl)lving is reassuring. Their classification is given in
Table 8.4, omitting all the descriptive detail, which
would largely repeat what is presented in the res t of
tllis chapter. C i ass A in this classification 4eals
mainly with upland streams, which do not deposit
large, perman�p.t alluvial acc;:um1.1l�tiop.s. This d;:tss
of river is therefore of minor importance to sedimen�
T�bl� 8.3 (Contd.)
Style
name
No.� Sinuosityb Brai9
.
ipg
Sediment
papmeterc type
Fluvial Styles and Fp.cies Models
Charact(:!ristic Moderp. exa�ples a,nd
elementsd
interpreted ancient examples
Anastomosed
8
Low to
high
High
Sanq, fine$
SB, CH (LA)
FF, LV, CR,
cs
Ru$t (1981), D.G. Smith (1983, 1986),
Rust and Legun (1983), Rust et al.
(1984), Flow and Hanley (1984),
Par� 3: Sqnd-dotr:inated, lpw-sinuosity river$
Low sinuosity
Low
Low
Sand
braided�
meandering
with altern
9
Low to
High
perennial
int.
braided
"Pl;itte type"
Deep perennial 10
Low to
Int. to
braided
int.
high
�s. Saskatchewan
type"
}iigh�ene,rgy,
Low to
Int. to
sand�b!!:d braided
�nt.
high
Sheetflood
11
Low
High
distal
briii9.�d
Flashy,
12 Low
High
epP.em�ral
sh�etflood
"Bijou Cr?ek type''
a
M 94e i l l l l ffi b
· e r s froi D Miall
. (1985).
Sand
Sand,
minor fines
Sand,
minor fi.nes
Sand,
xp.inor fines
Sand
minor fines
N.D. Smith et al. (1989), Shu$ter and
Steidtmann (1987), Eberth and Miall
(1991), Kirschbaum and McCabe (1992)
DA-LA, SB, FF McCabe (1977), Galloway (1981),
Crowley (1983), Ok0lo (1983),
Bridge et al. (1986), Olsen (198S),
Wizevich ( 1992b)
SB (FF)
DA, LA, SB
(FF)
DA, SB,HO,
(FF)
SB (FF)
LS (FF)
Miall (1976, 1984b), Blodgett and
Stanley (1980), Crowley (1983), Allen
(1983a), Smith and Smith (1984), Roe
and Hermansen (1993)
Cant and Walker (1978), Kirk (1983),
Haszeldine (1983a,p), Allen (19S3a),
RamO$ et al. (1986), Lawren�e and
Williams (1987), Miajl (1988c, 1994),
Bristow (1987, 1988, 1993a,b),
Wizevich (1992b), Luttrell (1993)
Willis (1993a,b)
Miall (1988a), Cowan (1991)
Williams (1971), Miall and Gibling
(1978), Parkash et al. (1983), Sn�h
(1983), Lawrence and Williams (!987),
Olse.p. (1989), Cotter and Graham
(1991), Munoz et a!. (1992)
McKee et a!. (1997), Miall and
Gibli�g (1978), Rust (1978b), Tunbridge
(1981, !984), Sneh (1983), Miail
(1984b), Lawre�ce and Willi�ms (1987),
Langford and Bracken (1987), Mertz
<1-nd Hubert (1990), Cotter anQ.
(Jrah�m (1991), Bromley (1991a)
b $uggeey�ed sim;tosit}r (P) val�es: low< 1.2, intermediate 1.2-1.5, }ligh > 1.5.
" Sy.gge$t�d b)::' �iding parameter values: low< t, interm�diate 1-3, high> 3.
d Elemep.ts shown in brackets ·are xp.inor components. El�ment CH is shown only where it forms a significant proportion,
of the assemblage, .and cannot be ,subdivided intq component elements.
A S!lJ:!lmary of the J: !lodels and the data ])ase from
which they have been built is given in Table 8.3.
Nanson ami Croke (1992) provided a review
of fl!lvial floodplains from a geomorphological
perspective (altho!lgh thq quoted much of the sedimentological literature), and developed a cla$sification that is very similar to that used here. Their focus
was on surface process�s. ?,nd their emphasis was on
fl oodplain !ieve]opment rather than channel sedL
mentation, but the convergence of ideas between
sedimentology and geomorphology that seel:!ls to be
evl)lving is reassuring. Their classification is given in
Table 8.4, omitting all the descriptive detail, which
would largely repeat what is presented in the res t of
tllis chapter. C i ass A in this classification 4eals
mainly with upland streams, which do not deposit
large, perman�p.t alluvial acc;:um1.1l�tiop.s. This d;:tss
of river is therefore of minor importance to sedimen�