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Experimental river delta size set by multiple floods and backwater hydrodynamics

River deltas worldwide are currently under threat of drowning and destruction by sea-level rise, subsidence, and oceanic storms, highlighting the need to quantify their growth processes. Deltas are built through construction of sediment lobes, and emerging theories suggest that the size of delta lob...

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Autores principales: Ganti, Vamsi, Chadwick, Austin J., Hassenruck-Gudipati, Hima J., Fuller, Brian M., Lamb, Michael P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4928958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27386534
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501768