Deltas
(& deserts)
The Nile Delta
190 km
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Deltas and Carbonate Environments: Processes, Features, and Differences, Slides of Geology
Information on deltas, including the nile and ganges deltas, deep sea environments, and salt lakes. It discusses the processes, environments, and features of deltas, such as mass movements, drift deposits, and gravity flow deposits. Additionally, it explores the differences between clastic and carbonate sediments, focusing on their production and composition.
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Deltas
(& deserts)
The Nile Delta
190 km
Deltas –
Mississippi
Deep Sea environments
Delta front
Shelf
Canyons
Sinuous submarine channels
• Offshore SE Indonesia
Mass movements
Drift deposits
Gravity flow deposits
Storm deposits
Salt lakes: Lake Eyre, Australia
20th December 1983
22nd February 1984
Salt lakes … deposits
Evaporite
Differences between ‘clastics & carbonates
In carbonateenvironments, sediment isgenerally produced
in-situ
In ‘clastic sediments the
grains & matrix are usually the result of disintegration of the
parent rock, & transport
into the depositional
environment
Carbonates
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