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Controls on the apex location of large deltas (2017)

Hartley, A. J., Weissmann, G. S., Scuderi, L.

Geological Society of London

In: Journal of the Geological Society

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Publication Date: 2017-02-23

Description: The majority of sediment transport to the world's oceans is routed via large deltas. We examine controls on delta apex location using a database of 84 of the world's largest deltas. Of the dataset, 94% of apices are controlled by either bedrock valleys (80%) or Pleistocene alluvial valleys (14%), suggesting that the principal control on modern apex development is valley exit and/or bedslope-mediated avulsion and not hydrodynamic backwater length. Valley exit control on large delta apex location may have been as important in the rock record as it is today, and should be considered as a key control on delta development. Supplementary material : Tabulated data on backwater length and apex type for studied deltas available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3469770

Print ISSN: 0016-7649

Topics: Geosciences

Published by Geological Society of London

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