Sequence stratigraphy and composition of late Quaternary shelf-margin deltas, northern Gulf of Mexico

RA Morton, JR Suter - AAPG bulletin, 1996 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
High-resolution seismic profiles and foundation borings from the northwestern Gulf of
Mexico record the physical attributes and depositional histories of several late Quaternary …

Holocene tidal deltas of the Trinity incised valley: analogs for exploration and production

AB Rodriguez, JB Anderson, J Bradford - 1998 - archives.datapages.com
The facies architecture and evolution of modern and Holocene tidal-delta deposits were
examined using high-resolution seismic (chirper) data, sediment cores, and boring …

Mississippi River subaqueous delta is entering a stage of retrogradation

JM Maloney, SJ Bentley, K Xu, J Obelcz, IY Georgiou… - Marine Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
The subaqueous delta of the Mississippi River, the largest river system in the conterminous
US, has entered a stage of retrogradation caused by multiple natural and anthropogenic …

Large deltas, small deltas: Toward a more rigorous understanding of coastal marine deltas

J Syvitski, E Anthony, Y Saito, F Zăinescu, J Day… - Global and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Deltas are subaerial landforms that cap underlying deposits with subaqueous extensions
that result from a river feeding sediment directly into a standing body of water at a rate that …

Grain-size controls on the morphology and internal geometry of river-dominated deltas

AP Burpee, RL Slingerland… - Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Predictions of a delta's morphology, facies, and stratigraphy are typically derived from its
relative wave, tide, and river energies, with sediment type playing a lesser role. Here we test …

Sequence stratigraphy of the Mississippi delta

R Boyd, J Suter, S Penland - 1989 - archives.datapages.com
One method of testing the concept of sequence stratigraphy is to compare it to Quaternary
sediments in which chronology, stratigraphic relations and facies geometry are more clearly …

[PDF][PDF] Hydrostratigraphy of the New Jersey Coastal Plain: Sequences and facies predict continuity of aquifers and confining units

PJ Sugarman, KG Miller, JV Browning, AA Kulpecz… - …, 2005 - researchgate.net
The regional extent and connectivity of Cretaceous to Miocene aquifer sands in the New
Jersey Coastal Plain are evaluated using detailed facies analysis within a sequence …

Control of basin water depth on channel morphology and autogenic timescales in deltaic systems

B Carlson, A Piliouras, T Muto… - Journal of …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
River channel geometry is often controlled by upstream boundary conditions, including
fluvial discharge and sediment properties. At the coast, downstream boundary conditions …

Virgil and lower Wolfcamp repetitive environments and the depositional model, north-central Texas

LF Brown - 1969 - repositories.lib.utexas.edu
Virgil and lower Wolfcamp rocks on the Eastern Shelf in North-central Texas are composed
of several intergradational depositional systems comprising 1,200 to 1,500 feet of off …

Eustatic controls on the evolution of the Pleistocene Brazos-Colorado deltas, Texas

KC Abdulah, JB Anderson - 1991 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Pleistocene sea-level fluctuations have resulted in a series of trasgressive and regressive
phases of development in the Brazos-Colorado fluvial systems. High resolution seismic data …