The subaqueous delta of the modern Huanghe (Yellow River) |
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| Authors: | D B Prior Z -S Yang B D Bornhold G H Keller Z H Lin W J Wiseman Jr L D Wright T C Lin |
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| Institution: | (1) Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State University, 70803 Baton Rouge, LA;(2) Department of Marine Geology, Shandong College of Oceanography, Qingdao, Shandong, P.R.C.;(3) Geological Survey of Canada, Pacific Geoscience Centre, V8L 4B2 Sidney, B.C., Canada;(4) School of Oceanography, Oregon State University, 97331 Corvallis, OR;(5) Department of Geological Oceanography, Virginia Institute of Marine, Science College of William and Mary, 23062 Gloucester Point, VA |
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| Abstract: | The subaqueous delta of the Huanghe (Yellow River) has been studied using high-resolution acoustic systems. There are many subtle variations in sea floor morphology and sediment geometries; smooth, featureless areas are rare. The main components of the subaqueous delta include broad, shallow channels; moderately disturbed areas with near-surface cut and fill structures; heavily disturbed areas with sea floor depressions, pits, and gullies; and a smooth, gently sloping distal delta apron or  rise. These features are not directly related to sediment settling from dilute surface plumes but are due to gravity-driven hyperpycnal underflows, submarine mass movements, and silt flows. |
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