ENVIRSC 2E03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Turbidite, Wave Base, Halophyte
16 Oct 2018
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Point sources of continental sediments entering the coastal and shelf areas. Any deposit sub-aerial or sub-aqueous formed by fluid sediment that build into a. Sediment supply is higher than the distributional processes from waves and tides that. Thermohaline currents: difference in temperature of water in oceans along continental rise where cold water is returned to bottom of ocean and warm surface flow moves along the continental edge. Delta: mixture of sub-environments; lagoons, marshes, estuaries, floodplains, beaches, dunes standing body of water. carry sediment away. Characterized by river systems which carry heavy sediment in the water. Sorting occurs as sediment enters basin and then becomes finer and finer down slope and further out into the ocean. Brackish water: dilution of ocean salt water with continental fresh water. Clams and molluscs form that can stand both brackish and sea and fresh water conditions.
