![]() ![]() An abandoned channel of Fifteen Mile Creek is present immediately south of Little Orleans. 40, about 6 mi (10 km) south on Orleans Road to Little Orleans, then 2.7 mi (4.4 km) west on Oldtown Road to Orleans overlook (Stop 1). The northernmost meander is accessible in dry weather by automobile from U.S. These meanders are shown on the Paw Paw, West Virginia, Topographic Quadrangle. Active growth of the Bengal fan during sea-level rise and highstand.The incised meanders of the Potomac River are located between Paw Paw, West Virginia, and Little Orleans, Maryland, approximately 17 mi (27 km) southeast of Cumberland, Maryland, and 20 mi (32 km) southwest of Hancock, Maryland (Fig. Weber M E, Wiedicke M H, Kudrass H R, et al (1997). Late Quaternary sedimentary environments and landforms in the Ganges delta. ![]() Geographical Review of Japan, 60: 164–178 Late Quaternary sedimentary environment and landform evolution in the Bengal lowland. Geomorphic/tectonic control of sediment discharge to the ocean: The Importance of small mountainous rivers. SONNE-SO126 cruise Final Report, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Stilleweg 2, 30655, Hanover, Germany Holocene sedimentation of the lower Ganges-Brahmaputra river delta, Bangladesh. Late Quaternary evolution of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River delta: Significance of high sediment discharge and tectonic processes on margin sequence development. Holocene and modern sediment budgets for the Ganges-Brahmaputra river system: Evidence for highstand dispersal to floodplain, shelf, and deep-sea depocenters. A 17 000-year glacio-eustatic sea level record: influence of glacial melting rates on the Younger Dryas event and deep-ocean circulation. ![]() Structure, tectonics and geological history of the northestern Indian Ocean. Geology, 23: 4–8Ĭurray JR, Emmel F J, Moore D G, et al (1982). Reef drowning during the last deglaciation: Evidence for catastrophic sea-level rise and ice-sheet collapse. Hong Kong: Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, 703–731īlanchon P, Shaw J (1995). The Palaeoenvironment of East Asia from the mid-Tertiary, Proceedings of the 2nd Conference. Paleobiology and environment of deposition of Holocene sediments of the Bengal basin, India. Indian Journal of Earth Sciences, 14: 307–320īanerjee M, Sen P K (1988). Paleobiology in understanding the change of sea level and coast line in Bengal Basin during Holocene period. An overview of the sedimentary geology of the Bengal Basin in relation to the regional tectonic framework and basin-fill history. In addition, significant coastal subsidence (3 mm/a on average), added by sea-level rise (1.5 mm/a, conservative rate) occurs in the study area, which serves as a negative factor in degrading the coastal plain of Bangladesh in the future, while taking into consideration the weaker sedimentation in the area.Īlam M, Alam M M, Curray J R, et al (2003). Radiocarbon dates indicate that low-rate sedimentation has occurred in the northern part, where 4-6 m thick sediments were deposited since the mid-Holocene, whereas 10-30 mthick sediments were deposited in the southern part during the same span of time. ![]() The thickness of the Holocene sediments ranges from 30 m to 70 m in the deltaic plain, usually floored by the Pleistocene stiff clays, with the exception of the abandoned meander belt deposit where Holocene channel sand deposited directly on the Pleistocene sand. Five facies assemblages are documented in the lower deltaic plain in five different depositional environments: levee or levee complex, bil or depression, abandoned meander belt, interdistributary plain and estuarine plain. Major part of the Holocene Ganges-Brahmaputra delta occupies the southern and southwestern part of Bangladesh with a smaller part extending beyond the international boundary in the west. ![]()
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