Fjords also show a transgressive-regressive sequence, but
with final development of forced regressive deposits
because of the influence of isostatic rebound processes.
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Rodriguez, A. B., Simms, A. R., and Anderson, J. B., 2010.
Bay-head deltas across the northern Gulf of Mexico back step
in response to the 8.2 ka cooling event. Quaternary Science
Reviews, 29(27–28), 3983–3993.
Simms, A. R., Anderson, J. B., Rodriguez, A. B., and Taviani, M.,
2008. Mechanisms controlling environmental change within an
estuary: Corpus Christi Bay, TX, USA. In Anderson, J. B., and
Rodriguez, A. B. (eds.), Geological Society of America Special
Paper 443: Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise. Boulder: Geological
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Sloss, C. R., Jones, B. G., Murray-Wallace, C. V., and McClennen,
C. E., 2005. Holocene sea level fluctuations and the sedimentary
evolution of a barrier estuary: Lake Illawarra, New South Wales,
Australia. Journal of Coastal Research, 21(5), 943–959.
Sloss, C. R., Jones, B. G., McClennen, C. E., de Carli, J., and Price,
D. M., 2006. The geomorphological evolution of a wavedominated barrier estuary: Burrill Lake, New South Wales, Australia. Sedimentary Geology, 187(3–4), 229–249.
Tang, C., Zhou, D., Endler, R., Lin, J., and Harff, J., 2010. Sedimentary development of the Pearl River estuary based on seismic stratigraphy. Journal of Marine Systems, 82(Supplement 1), S3–S16.
Tessier, B., 2012. Stratigraphy of tide-dominated estuaries. In
Davis, R. A., Jr., and Dalrymple, R. W. (eds.), Principles of Tidal
Sedimentology. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 109–128.
Tessier, B., Billeaud, I., Sorrel, P., Delsinne, N., and Lesueur, P., 2012.
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Controlling mechanisms: sea-level fluctuations, bedrock
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with final development of forced regressive deposits
because of the influence of isostatic rebound processes.
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Abrahim, G. M. S., Nichol, S. L., Parker, R. J., and Gregory, M. R.,
2008. Facies depositional setting, mineral maturity and sequence
stratigraphy of a Holocene drowned valley, Tamaki Estuary, New
Zealand. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 79(1), 133–142.
Allen, G. P., and Posamentier, H. W., 1993. Sequence stratigraphy
and facies model of an incised valley fill: the Gironde estuary,
France. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 63(3), 378–391.
Anderson, J. B., Rodriguez, A. B., Milliken, K. T., and Taviani, M.,
2008. The Holocene evolution of the Galveston estuary complex, Texas: evidence for rapid change in estuarine environments. In Anderson, J. B., Rodriguez, A. B. (eds.), Geological
Society of America Special Paper 443: Response of Upper Gulf
Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-Level
Rise. Boulder: Geological Society of America, pp. 89–104.
Boyd, R., Dalrymple, R. W., and Zaitlin, B. A., 2006. Estuarine and
incised-valley facies models. In Posamentier, H. W., and Walker,
R. G. (eds.), Facies Models Revisited. Tulsa, OK: SEPM
(Society of Sedimentary Geology), pp. 171–235.
Chaumillon, E., Tessier, B., and Reynaud, J.-Y., 2010. Stratigraphic
records and variability of incised valleys and estuaries along French
coasts. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France, 181(2), 75–85.
Cooper, J. A. G., Green, A. N., and Wright, C. I., 2012. Evolution of
an incised valley coastal plain estuary under low sediment supply: a ‘give-up’ estuary. Sedimentology, 59(3), 899–916.
Corner, G. D., 2006. A transgressive-regressive model of fjordvalley fill: stratigraphy, facies and depositional controls. In Dalrymple, R. W., Leckie, D. A., and Tillman, R. W. (eds.), Incised
Valleys in Time and Space. Tulsa, OK: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), pp. 161–178.
Dalrymple, R. W., 2006. Incised valleys in time and space: an introduction to the volume and an examination of the controls on valley formation and filling. In Dalrymple, R. W., Leckie, D. A.,
and Tillman, R. W. (eds.), Incised Valleys in Time and Space.
Tulsa, OK: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), pp. 5–12.
Dalrymple, R. W., and Zaitlin, B. A., 1994. High-resolution
sequence stratigraphy of a complex, incised valley succession,
Cobequid Bay-Salmon River estuary, Bay of Fundy, Canada.
Sedimentology, 41, 1069–1091.
Dalrymple, R. W., Zaitlin, B. A., and Boyd, R., 1992. Estuarine
facies models; conceptual basis and stratigraphic implications.
Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 62(6), 1130–1146.
Dalrymple, R. W., Boyd, R., and Zaitlin, B. A., 1994. History of
research, types and internal organisation of incised-valley systems: introduction to the volume. In Dalrymple, R. W., Boyd,
R., and Zaitlin, B. A. (eds.), Incised-Valley Systems: Origin
and Sedimentary Sequences. Tulsa, OK: SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology). SEPM Special Publication No. 51, pp. 3–10.
Emery, D., and Myers, K. J., 1996. Sequence Stratigraphy. London:
Blackwell Science.
García-García, A., García-Gil, S., and Vilas, F., 2005. Quaternary
evolution of the Ría de Vigo, Spain. Marine Geology, 220
(1–4), 153–179.
Heap, A. D., and Nichol, S. L., 1997. The influence of limited
accommodation space on the stratigraphy of an incised-valley
succession: Weiti River estuary, New Zealand. Marine Geology,
144(1–3), 229–252.
Hijma, M. P., and Cohen, K. M., 2011. Holocene transgression of
the Rhine river mouth area, The Netherlands/Southern North
Sea: palaeogeography and sequence stratigraphy. Sedimentology, 58(6), 1453–1485.
Hjelstuen, B. O., Kjennbakken, H., Bleikli, V., Ersland, R. A.,
Kvilhaug, S., Euler, C., and Alvheim, S., 2013. Fjord stratigraphy and processes – evidence from the NE Atlantic Fensfjorden
system. Journal of Quaternary Science, 28(4), 421–432.
Lericolais, G., Berne, S., and Fenies, H., 2001. Seaward pinching
out and internal stratigraphy of the Gironde incised valley on
the shelf (Bay of Biscay). Marine Geology, 175(1–4), 183–197.
Lessa, G. C., Meyers, S. R., and Marone, E., 1998. Holocene stratigraphy in the Paranaguá Bay estuary, southern Brazil. Journal of
Sedimentary Research, 68(6), 1060–1076.
Lin, C.-M., Zhuo, H.-C., and Gao, S., 2005. Sedimentary facies and
evolution in the Qiantang River incised valley, eastern China.
Marine Geology, 219(4), 235–259.
Maddox, J., Anderson, J. B., Milliken, K. T., Rodriguez, A. B.,
Dellapenna, T. M., and Giosan, L., 2008. The Holocene evolution of the Matagorda and Lavaca estuary complex, Texas,
USA. In Anderson, J. B., and Rodriguez, A. B. (eds.), Geological Society of America Special Paper 443: Response of Upper
Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and
Sea-Level Rise. Boulder: Geological Society of America,
pp. 105–119.
Milliken, K. T., Anderson, J. B., and Rodriguez, A. B., 2008. Tracking the Holocene evolution of Sabine Lake through the interplay
of eustasy, antecedent topography, and sediment supply variations, Texas and Louisiana, USA. In Anderson, J. B., and
Rodriguez, A. B. (eds.), Geological Society of America Special
Paper 443: Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise. Boulder: Geological
Society of America, pp. 65–88.
Nichol, S. L., Boyd, R., and Penland, S., 1994. Stratigraphic
response of wave-dominated estuaries to different relative
sea-level and sediment supply histories: quaternary case studies
from Nova Scotia, Louisiana and eastern Australia. In Dalrymple, R. W., Boyd, R., and Zaitlin, B. A. (eds.), Incised-Valley Systems: Origin and Sedimentary Sequences. Tulsa, OK: SEPM
(Society for Sedimentary Geology). SEPM Special Publication
No. 51, pp. 265–283.
Reineck, H. E., and Singh, I. B., 1980. Depositional Sedimentary
Environments. Berlin: Springer.
Rodriguez, A. B., Simms, A. R., and Anderson, J. B., 2010.
Bay-head deltas across the northern Gulf of Mexico back step
in response to the 8.2 ka cooling event. Quaternary Science
Reviews, 29(27–28), 3983–3993.
Simms, A. R., Anderson, J. B., Rodriguez, A. B., and Taviani, M.,
2008. Mechanisms controlling environmental change within an
estuary: Corpus Christi Bay, TX, USA. In Anderson, J. B., and
Rodriguez, A. B. (eds.), Geological Society of America Special
Paper 443: Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise. Boulder: Geological
Society of America, pp. 121–146.
Sloss, C. R., Jones, B. G., Murray-Wallace, C. V., and McClennen,
C. E., 2005. Holocene sea level fluctuations and the sedimentary
evolution of a barrier estuary: Lake Illawarra, New South Wales,
Australia. Journal of Coastal Research, 21(5), 943–959.
Sloss, C. R., Jones, B. G., McClennen, C. E., de Carli, J., and Price,
D. M., 2006. The geomorphological evolution of a wavedominated barrier estuary: Burrill Lake, New South Wales, Australia. Sedimentary Geology, 187(3–4), 229–249.
Tang, C., Zhou, D., Endler, R., Lin, J., and Harff, J., 2010. Sedimentary development of the Pearl River estuary based on seismic stratigraphy. Journal of Marine Systems, 82(Supplement 1), S3–S16.
Tessier, B., 2012. Stratigraphy of tide-dominated estuaries. In
Davis, R. A., Jr., and Dalrymple, R. W. (eds.), Principles of Tidal
Sedimentology. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 109–128.
Tessier, B., Billeaud, I., Sorrel, P., Delsinne, N., and Lesueur, P., 2012.
Infilling stratigraphy of macrotidal tide-dominated estuaries.
Controlling mechanisms: sea-level fluctuations, bedrock
298
ESTUARINE SEDIMENTATION