Deltas and sea-level change

SJ Porebski, RJ Steel - Journal of Sedimentary …, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
… Shelf-edge deltas in a stable-to-falling relative sea level usually have no paralic tail, create
… on the delta fronts. If sea level falls below the shelf margin, the shelf-edge delta becomes …

Effective sea-level rise and deltas: Causes of change and human dimension implications

JP Ericson, CJ Vörösmarty, SL Dingman… - … and Planetary Change, 2006 - Elsevier
… Effective sea-level rise (ESLR) is defined as the rate of apparent sea-level change relative
to the delta surface. For an individual delta, ESLR is defined by the combination of eustatic …

[HTML][HTML] River deltas and sea-level rise

JH Nienhuis, W Kim, GA Milne, M Quock… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Sea-level changes have been slow compared to other … science on river delta response to
sea-level change, including … of past and future regional sea-level change, including a better …

[PDF][PDF] Holocene sea-level change and early human utilization of deltas

DJ Stanley, AG Warne - GSA Today, 1997 - repository.si.edu
… ), we conclude that sea-level change is the only process that could bring about the coeval
worldwide initiation of Holocene deltas. Surveys of sea-level histories from diverse settings (cf. …

Song Hong (Red River) delta evolution related to millennium-scale Holocene sea-level changes

S Tanabe, K Hori, Y Saito, S Haruyama… - Quaternary Science …, 2003 - Elsevier
… millennium-scale sea-level changes and the evolution of the Song Hong delta during the …
reviewed Holocene sea-level changes in the region surrounding the Song Hong delta; and third…

Worldwide initiation of Holocene marine deltas by deceleration of sea-level rise

DJ Stanley, AG Warne - Science, 1994 - science.org
… initiation of most Holocene deltas. Therefore, we conclude that sea-level change is
theonly process that could induce early Holocene delta development on a worldwide basis. …

The response of deltas to sea-level rise: natural mechanisms and management options to adapt to high-end scenarios

C Ibáñez, JW Day, E Reyes - Ecological Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
… , these deltas would also have drowned as sea level … of deltas to SLR appears when the
feedbacks among sea level, … scale, that is, the whole delta. The enhanced sedimentation and …

Deltas at risk

JPM Syvitski - Sustainability science, 2008 - Springer
… All deltas have experienced some level of sea-level fluctuations during the mid- to late-…
relative sea-level processes impacting a delta but omit discussion on: (1) longer-term changes to …

[HTML][HTML] A model of water and sediment balance as determinants of relative sea level rise in contemporary and future deltas

ZD Tessler, CJ Vörösmarty, I Overeem, JPM Syvitski - Geomorphology, 2018 - Elsevier
… sediment balance and relative sea level rise across 46 global deltas. We model scenarios …
to explore how changing sediment fluxes impact relative sea level rise in delta systems. Model …

Delta growth and river valleys: the influence of climate and sea level changes on the South Adriatic shelf (Mediterranean Sea)

V Maselli, F Trincardi, A Asioli, A Ceregato… - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
… the influence of MIS5-4 sea level fluctuations, while the downstream … of sea level fall at the
MIS3-2 transition on a flatter mid-outer shelf. Until 15 ka BP, the valley fed an asymmetric delta