Fluvial-tidal sedimentology / edited by Philip J. Ashworth, James L. Best, Daniel R. Parsons.

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English
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First edition.
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Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2015.
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xxii, 634, 62 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

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    Fluvial-Tidal Sedimentology provides information on the 'Tidal-Fluvial Transition', the transition zone between river and tidal environments, and includes contributions that address some of the most fundamental research questions, including how the morphology of the tidal-fluvial transition zone evolves over short (days) and long (decadal) time periods and for different tidal and fluvial regimes, the structure of the river flow as it varies in its magnitude over tidal currents and how this changes at the mixing interface between fresh and saline water and at the turbidity maximum, the role of suspended sediment in controlling bathymetric change and bar growth and the role of fine-grained sediment (muds and flocs), whether it is possible to differentiate between 'fluvial' and 'tidally' influenced bedforms as preserved in bars and within the adjacent floodplain and what are the diagnostic sedimentary facies of tidal-fluvial deposits and how are these different from 'pure' fluvial and tidal deposits, amongst other topics. The book presents the latest research on the processes and deposits of the tidal-fluvial transition, documenting recent major field programs that have quantified the flow, sediment transport, and bed morphology in tidal-fluvial zones. It uses description of contemporary environments and ancient outcrop analogues to characterize the facies change through the tidal-fluvial transition.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Context. Deciphering the relative importance of fluvial and tidal processes in the fluvial-marine transition / R.W. Dalyrmple, C.E. Kurcinka, B.V.J. Jablonski, A.A. Ichaso, D.A. Mackay
    • Modern. Estuarine turbidity maxima revisited : instrumental approaches, remote sensing, modeling studies, and new directions / D.A. Jay, S.A. Talke, A. Hudson, M. Twardowski
    • Sedimentological trends across the tidal-fluvial transition, Fraser River, Canada : a review and some broader implications / S.E. Dashtgard, A.D. La Croix
    • Three-dimensional meander bend flow within the tidally influenced fluvial zone / C.E. Keevil, D.R. Parsons, G.M. Keevil, M. Ainsley
    • Sedimentology of a tidal point-bar within the fluvial-tidal transition : River Severn Estuary, UK / P.A. Carling, C.C. Chateau, D.A. Leckie, C.T. Langdon, R.G. Scaife, D.R. Parsons
    • Ancient. Mid to late Holocene geomorphological and sedimentological evolution of the fluvial-tidal zone : lower Columbia River, WA/OR, USA / E.W. Prokocki, J.L. Best, P.J. Ashworth, D.R. Parsons, G.H. Sambrook Smith, A.P. Nicholas, C.J. Simpson, H. Wang, S.D. Sandbach, C.E. Keevil
    • Palaeo-Orinoco (Pliocene) channels on the tide-dominated Morne L'Enfer delta lobes and estuaries, SW Trinidad / S. Chen, R.J. Steel, C. Olariu
    • The ichnology of the fluvial-tidal transition : interplay of ecologic and evolutionary controls / D. Diez-Canseco, L.A. Buatois, M. Gabriela Mángano, W. Rodriguez, E. Solorzano
    • A reappraisal of large, heterolithic channel fills in the upper Permian Rangal Coal Measures of the Bowen Basin, Queensland, Australia A: the case for tidal influence / C.R. Fielding
    • Facies and architecture of unusual fluvial-tidal channels with inclined heterolithic strata : Campanian Neslen Formation, Utah, USA / C. Olariu, R.J. Steel, M.I. Olariu, K. Choi
    • Geologic reservoir characterization of carboniferous fluvio-tidal deposits of the Illinois Basin, USA / N.D. Webb, B. Seyler, J.P. Grube
    • Fluvial to tidal transition zone facies in the McMurray Formation (Christina River, Alberta, Canada), with emphasis on the reflection of flow intensity in bottomset architecture / A.W. Martinius, B.V.J. Jablonski, M. Fustic, R. Strobl, J.H. Van den Berg
    • Resources. Recognition and prediction of petroleum reservoirs in the fluvial/tidal transition / H. Feldman, T. Demko
    • Characterizing alluvial architecture of point bars within the McMurray Formation, Alberta, Canada, for improved bitumen resource prediction and recovery / D.J. Moreton, B.J. Carter
    • The Cretaceous McMurray oil sands, Alberta, Canada : a world-class, tidally influenced fluvial-estuarine system : an Alberta government perspective / F.J. Hein.
    ISBN
    • 0444635297
    • 9780444635297
    OCLC
    913922846
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