3.5 Marine Delta Complexes
C
delta plain
1-r."T""~_ roots
LONGSHORE
planar and low-angle
stratified sand
trough cross·
bedded sand
SAND TRANSPORT
INTENSIVE DISPERSAL
OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT
d
FLOOD
PLAIN
a
ACTIVE CHANNEL
CHANNEL
SANDS AND
ESTUARINE
MUDS
PRODELTA
PLATFORM SED
159
prodelta·shell
mud, bioturbaled
SHELF AND SHELF
SEDIMENTS
Fig. 3.33. Conceptual models of a wave-dominated
and b tide-dominated delta. c Vertical section of an
advancing foreshore/coastal barrier sand ridge.
d,e Vertical sections of estuarine channel fill and
tidal sand ridge on prodelta platform of tide-dominated delta. (c-e Based on Galloway and Hobday
1983).
C
delta plain
1-r."T""~_ roots
LONGSHORE
planar and low-angle
stratified sand
trough cross·
bedded sand
SAND TRANSPORT
INTENSIVE DISPERSAL
OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT
d
FLOOD
PLAIN
a
ACTIVE CHANNEL
CHANNEL
SANDS AND
ESTUARINE
MUDS
PRODELTA
PLATFORM SED
159
prodelta·shell
mud, bioturbaled
SHELF AND SHELF
SEDIMENTS
Fig. 3.33. Conceptual models of a wave-dominated
and b tide-dominated delta. c Vertical section of an
advancing foreshore/coastal barrier sand ridge.
d,e Vertical sections of estuarine channel fill and
tidal sand ridge on prodelta platform of tide-dominated delta. (c-e Based on Galloway and Hobday
1983).