Most tide-dominated estuarine and deltaic deposits accumulate in the fluvial-to-marine
transition zone, which is one of the most complicated areas on earth, because of the large …

Bars and subaqueous levees often form at river mouths due to high sediment availability.
Once these deposits emerge and develop into islands, they become important elements of …

Ichnology is the study of traces created in the substrate by living organisms. This is the first
book to systematically cover basic concepts and applications in both paleobiology and …

Deltas are discrete shoreline protuberances formed where a river enters a standing body of
water and supplies sediments more rapidly than they can be redistributed by basinal …

Analyses of deltaic facies successions highlight recurring ichnological patterns that reflect a
variety of physicochemical stresses imposed upon infaunal organisms by the interaction of …

The Song Hong (Red River) delta, located on the western coast of the Gulf of Bac Bo
(Tonkin) in the South China Sea, formed as a result of the Song Hong sediment discharge …

As defined in this chapter, an estuary forms during a shoreline transgression and then fills
during a progradational phase that is transitional to a delta. The spatial distribution of …

The facies characteristics of the shallow marine environment are largely determined by the
complex interplay and relative importance of wave energy, tidal flux, storm magnitudes and …

Delta bathymetry, seismic data and near-surface sediment sampling on modern deltas with
significant wave, tidal or marine current influence betray a double clinoform architecture with …

Significant progress has been achieved in the research of tide-dominated environments in
the past two decades. These studies highlight both the importance and diversity of tidal flats …