Week 2

Lecture 3: Delta Formation Processes

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Course reading: Galloway, W.E. 1975. Process framework for describing the morphologic and stratigraphic evolution of deltaic depositional systems. In: Deltas: models for exploration (Broussard, M.L., ed.), Houston Geological Society, Houston, p. 87-98. 

Chapters 1 and 2 of Colman, J.M.1976. Deltas: processes of deposition and models for exploration: Continuing Education Publication Company, Inc., Champagne.

Optional: Textboox Chapter 7

Related web links: Deltas

Lecture 4: Deltaic Facies

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Course reading: Elliot, T. 1986. Deltas. In: Sedimentary Environments and Facies (Reading, H.G., ed.), Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, p. 113-154. 

Orton, G.J. and Reading, H.G. 1993. Variability of deltaic processes in terms of sediment supply, with particular emphasis on grain size. Sedimentology 40:475-512.

Related web links: MacKenzie Delta