Information Page: Low Gradient Delta Evolution

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Key Attributes

Domain:	coastal
Keywords:	Delta Evolution
Model name:	DELTASIM, fluvial-deltaic model
Name:	Irina, Overeem
Where:	Volga Delta
When:	--

Short Description

Grade level: Graduate / Professional

Statement: Low gradient delta system migration

Abstract: This simulation shows a longitudinal cross-section of a low gradient delta system migrating over its shelf while sea level fluctuates. It mimics the Volga delta building out in the Caspian Sea over the last 10,000 yrs.

References

• Overeem, I.,Kroonenberg, S.B., Veldkamp, A., Groenesteijn, K., Rusakov, G. V.†, Svitoch, A.A., 2003. Small-scale stratigraphy in a large ramp delta: recent and Holocene sedimentation in the Volga delta, Caspian Sea. Sedimentary Geology 159, 133-157.
• Overeem, I., Veldkamp, A., Tebbens, L., Kroonenberg, S.B., 2003. Modelling Holocene stratigraphy and depocentre migration of the Volga delta due to Caspian Sea-level change. Sedimentary Geology 159, 159-175.
• Hoogendoorn, R.M., Overeem, I., Storms, J.E.A., 2008. Process response modeling of fluvial deltaic systems, simulating evolution and stratigraphy on geological timescales. Computer and Geosciences, 34, 10, 1394-1416.