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Gary Nichols Coastal 1 - 1 Coastal plain – estuary – delta: how the balance between sediment supply and accommodation determines the nature of deposits at the continental to marine interface.
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Gary Nichols
Coastal 1 - 1
Coastal plain – estuary – delta: how the balance
between sediment supply and accommodation
determines the nature of deposits at the continental
to marine interface.
Gary Nichols
Coastal 1 - 2
Boyd et al., 1992
Coastal depositional environments
These environments all fall within a 3D
spectrum of wave, tide and river
influences in progradational or
retrogradational settings
Gary Nichols
Coastal 1 - 3
Sediment supply < Accommodation
Wave-influenced
Coastal depositional environments
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Sediment supply < Accommodation
Tide-influenced
Coastal depositional environments
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Accommodation < Sediment supply
Wave-influenced
Coastal depositional environments
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Accommodation < Sediment supply
Tide-influenced
Coastal depositional environments
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Fluvial sediment supply
Coastal depositional environments
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No fluvial sediment supply
Wave-influenced
Coastal depositional environments
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No fluvial sediment supply
Tide-influenced
Coastal depositional environments
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Wave-dominated estuaries
Beach barrier
lagoon
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Beach barrier and lagoon
Wave-dominated estuaries
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Sand bar at the mouth of a wave-dominated estuary
Wave-dominated estuaries
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Beach barrier
Wave-dominated estuaries
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Beach barrier and lagoon
Wave-dominated estuaries
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Lagoon
Wave-dominated estuaries
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Lagoon mudflats
Wave-dominated estuaries
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Coastal 1 - 17 Wave-dominated estuary
Beach
Estuary mouth
Central lagoon
Bay head delta
metr
es -
10s m
etr
es
Sedimentary log of a wave-dominated estuary
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Tide-dominated estuaries
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Land above high tide High water
Low water
Tide-dominated estuaries
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FLOOD
TIDE
EBB
TIDE
Tide-dominated estuaries
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Tidal channels
Tidal creeks
Mudflats
Tide-dominated estuaries
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Tide-dominated estuaries
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Tide-dominated estuaries
Sand deposited on bars in tidal channels
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Tide-dominated estuaries
Sand deposited on bars in tidal channels
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Sand deposited on bars in tidal channels
Tide-dominated estuaries
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Tidal mudflats and tidal creeks Tide-dominated estuaries
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Depositional settings in a tidally-dominated estuary
Tide-dominated estuaries
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Upper tidal flat
Tidal creek
Lower tidal flat
Tidal channel – tidal flow
indicators
Scoured base of channel
metr
es -
10s
metr
es
Tide-dominated estuaries
A sedimentary
log of a tidal
estuary
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Barriers and lagoons
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Wave-dominated coastline: coastal plain and sandy beach
Barriers and lagoons
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Barrier islands - beaches not attached to the coastal plain
Barriers and lagoons
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Beach-barrier bar along a wave-dominated coastline
Barriers and lagoons
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Barriers and lagoons
Barrier islands
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Barrier islands Barriers and lagoons
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Beach barrier with
lagoon (right) and
open sea (left)
Barriers and lagoons
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Lagoons are low energy, shallow water behind a barrier
Barriers and lagoons
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Lagoons are low energy, shallow water behind a barrier
Barriers and lagoons
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Bioturbated muds
Wave rippled
washover sands
metr
es
Barriers and lagoons
A graphic
sedimentary
log of a clastic
lagoon
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With mixed wave and tidal processes the barrier is breached by more inlets – ebb and flood tidal deltas
Coastal morphology
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Coastal morphology Muddy shoreline on a tidally-dominated coast
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Muddy lagoon in mixed wave and tidal setting
Coastal morphology
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Beach dunes
Washover sands
Flood tidal delta
deposits
Lagoon
metr
es -
10s
metr
es
Coastal morphology
A graphic
sedimentary log
of a transgressive
coast
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Boyd et al., 1992
Coastal depositional environments
These environments all fall within a 3D
spectrum of wave, tide and river
influences in progradational or
retrogradational settings
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Variations in delta morphology and facies
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River-dominated delta
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Delta plain Delta channel Distributary mouth bar Delta front
10
s m
etr
es
River-dominated delta
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Wave-influenced delta
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Delta plain Beach Distributary mouth bar Delta front Pro delta
10
s m
etr
es
Wave-influenced delta
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Tide-influenced delta
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Tidal flats Tidal channel (mud drapes, bidirectional flow) Tidal sand bars of delta front Pro-delta
10
s m
etr
es
Tide-influenced delta
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Classification of deltas
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Boyd et al., 1992
Coastal depositional environments
These environments all fall within a 3D
spectrum of wave, tide and river
influences in progradational or
retrogradational settings
