Deltaic environments

• Shallow-water deltas are thinner but larger in area

Shallow-
than their deep-
deep-water counterparts

• Deformation processes are very common in deltas

due to the high sediment rates and associated high
pore--fluid pressures
pore
• Growth faults result from downdip increasing
sedimentation rates; they develop contemporaneously
with sedimentation
• Mud diapirs may form when thick prodelta deposits are
covered by mouth-
mouth-bar sands
• Slumping can lead to the anomalous occurrence of
shallow--water facies in prodelta deposits
shallow

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