Page 211 - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
P. 211
198 Deltas
+ ,
+ ,
+ ,
+ ,
+ ,
+ ,
Fig. 12.23 Delta cycles: the facies succession preserved depends on the location of the vertical profile relative to the
depositional lobe of a delta.
. facies associations – typically occur overlying shal- Bhattacharya, J.P. & Giosan, L. (2003) Wave-influenced
low-marine facies and overlain by fluvial facies in an deltas: geomorphological implications for facies recon-
overall progradational pattern. struction. Sedimentology, 50, 187–210.
Boyd, R., Dalrymple, R.W. & Zaitlin, B.A. (1992) Classifica-
tion of clastic coastal depositional environments. Sedimen-
tary Geology, 80, 139–150.
FURTHER READING Colella, A. & Prior, D.B. (Eds) (1990) Coarse-Grained Deltas.
Special Publication 10, International Association of Sedi-
Bhattacharya, J.P. (2006) Deltas. In: Facies Models Revisited mentologists. Blackwell Science, Oxford, 357 pp.
(Eds Walker, R.G. & Posamentier, H.). Special Publication Reading, H.G. & Collinson, J.D. (1996) Clastic coasts. In: Sedi-
84, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, mentary Environments: Processes, Facies and Stratigraphy
Tulsa, OK; 237–292. (Ed. Reading, H.G.). Blackwell Science, Oxford; 154–231.
