Title
Delta-front gullies as part of mass-movement phenomena: Mississippi River Delta front
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1991
Abstract
Shepard's classic paper on delta-front gullies on the Mississippi delta slope initiated a host of modern studies that revealed the complexity and importance of subaqueous mass-movement processes. Differential weighting and diapirism, rotational slumps, retrogressive slides and their gullies and depositional lobes are but a few of the processes. These instabilities form on extremely low-angle slopes (often less than 0.5°) and are responsible for the transport of large volumes of shallow-water sediment to deeper environments. -from Authors
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
From shoreline to abyss: contributions in marine geology in honor of Francis Parker Shepard
First Page
99
Last Page
105
Recommended Citation
Bouma, A., Roberts, H., Coleman, J., & Prior, D. (1991). Delta-front gullies as part of mass-movement phenomena: Mississippi River Delta front. From shoreline to abyss: contributions in marine geology in honor of Francis Parker Shepard, 99-105. Retrieved from https://repository.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/1689