The Tide-Dominated Han River Delta, Korea

Geomorphology, Sedimentology, and Stratigraphic Architecture
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-0-12-800768-6
Verlag: Elsevier Health Sciences

Buch, Englisch, 382 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1002 g

The Tide-Dominated Han River Delta provides a thorough analysis of a river delta in which tidal currents have reworked the river-borne sediment, generating characteristic geomorphological and sedimentological signatures in the process. Such "tide-dominated" deltas are common in the modern ocean, forming the substrate upon which entire populations are built. Furthermore, ancient examples contain enormous volumes of hydrocarbon. Despite this, tide-dominated deltas remain less well understood than their wave- and river-dominated counterparts, largely because processes within them are inherently more complex and fewer modern examples have been investigated in detail.

This multi-year study by a team of experts in coastal geoscience represents the most complete documentation of a tide-dominated delta to date. Results help advance, and are applicable to, a broad range of fields within sedimentary geology, including clastic sedimentology, seismic and sequence stratigraphy, and coastal geomorphology, in addition to petroleum geology and reservoir engineering.

Zielgruppe

<p>The target audience includes petroleum geologists, reservoir engineers, sedimentologists, coastal geomorphologists, marine geologists, and seismic/sequence stratigraphers.</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cummings, Don

Dalrymple, Robert

Choi, Kyungsik

Jin, Jaehwa

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geomorphologie, Erosion, Glaziologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Ölförderung, Gasförderung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Wirtschaftsgeologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Stratigraphie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Depositional setting Chapter 3. Database and Methodology Chapter 4. GeomorphologyChapter 5. Near-surface sedimentology Chapter 6. Seismic stratigraphy Chapter 7. Facies successions Chapter 8. Sequence stratigraphy Chapter 9. Discussion Glossary References Appendix 1. Short coresAppendix 2. Seismic dataAppendix 3. Side-scan sonar dataAppendix 4. Grab samples