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Delta Plain Evolution

Delta Plain Evolution is the geomorphological process by which the subaerial portion of a delta undergoes spatial and temporal transformation through the interaction of fluvial sedimentation, tidal influence, vegetation succession, and relative sea-level changes, distinguishing it from other deltaic subsystems by its focus on the landward, above-water development of distributary networks, wetlands, and sedimentary architecture.

297

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2017–2026

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297

The significance of large sediment supply, active tectonism, and eustasy on margin sequence development: Late Quaternary stratigraphy and evolution of the Ganges–Brahmaputra delta

S. L. Goodbred, Steven A. Kuehl · Sedimentary Geology · 2000 · 589 citations

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Global-scale human impact on delta morphology has led to net land area gain

Jaap H. Nienhuis, Andrew D. Ashton, Douglas A. Edmonds et al. · Nature · 2020 · 451 citations

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10.1016/s0967-0653(97)88597-3

Harry H. Roberts · Time to knit · 2000 · 433 citations

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Stratigraphic evolution of the late Holocene Ganges–Brahmaputra lower delta plain

Mead A. Allison, Sirajur Rahman Khan, S. L. Goodbred et al. · Sedimentary Geology · 2003 · 376 citations

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Transgressive depositional systems of the Mississippi Delta plain; a model for barrier shoreline and shelf sand development

Shea Penland, Ron Boyd, John R. Suter · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 1988 · 353 citations

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Authors

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  1. DJ
    Daniel Jean Stanley

    Smithsonian Institution, United States

    9 publications · 739 citations

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  2. YS
    Yoshiki Saito

    Geological Survey of Japan, Japan

    9 publications · 1.1K citations

    9

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  3. ZY
    Zuosheng Yang

    Ocean University of China, China

    5 publications · 326 citations

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  4. HH
    Harry H. Roberts

    Louisiana State University, United States

    5 publications · 897 citations

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  5. JM
    James M. Coleman

    Louisiana State University, United States

    5 publications · 551 citations

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Institutions

362

  1. Louisiana State University

    Baton Rouge, United States

    17 h-index

    32 publications

    2.6K citations

  2. East China Normal University

    Shanghai, China

    12 h-index

    39 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. Ocean University of China

    Qingdao, China

    10 h-index

    32 publications

    2.3K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    9 h-index

    20 publications

    592 citations

  5. Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology

    Qingdao, China

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    866 citations

  6. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    691 citations

  7. Geological Survey of Japan

    Tsukuba, Japan

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    1.6K citations

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  1. Marine Geology

    19 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. Geomorphology

    14 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Sedimentary Geology

    10 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. AAPG Bulletin

    9 publications · 419 citations

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