Morphological evolution of bifurcations in tide-influenced deltas

<p>In river-dominated deltas, bifurcations often develop an asymmetrical morphology; i.e. one of the downstream channels silts up, while the other becomes the dominant one. In tide-influenced systems, bifurcations are thought to be less asymmetric and both downstream channels of the bifurcatio...

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Main Authors: A. P. Iwantoro, M. van der Vegt, M. G. Kleinhans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2020-06-01
Series:Earth Surface Dynamics
Online Access:https://www.earth-surf-dynam.net/8/413/2020/esurf-8-413-2020.pdf