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The Tide-Dominated Han River Delta, Korea
Geomorphology, Sedimentology, and Stratigraphic Architecture
1st Edition - September 25, 2015
Authors: Don Cummings, Robert Dalrymple, Kyungsik Choi, Jaehwa Jin
Hardback ISBN:9780128007686
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eBook ISBN:9780128010815
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The Tide-Dominated Han River Delta provides a thorough analysis of a river delta in which tidal currents have reworked the river-borne sediment, generating characteristic… Read more
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The Tide-Dominated Han River Delta provides a thorough analysis of a river delta in which tidal currents have reworked the river-borne sediment, generating characteristic geomorphological and sedimentological signatures in the process. Such "tide-dominated" deltas are common in the modern ocean, forming the substrate upon which entire populations are built. Furthermore, ancient examples contain enormous volumes of hydrocarbon. Despite this, tide-dominated deltas remain less well understood than their wave- and river-dominated counterparts, largely because processes within them are inherently more complex and fewer modern examples have been investigated in detail.
This multi-year study by a team of experts in coastal geoscience represents the most complete documentation of a tide-dominated delta to date. Results help advance, and are applicable to, a broad range of fields within sedimentary geology, including clastic sedimentology, seismic and sequence stratigraphy, and coastal geomorphology, in addition to petroleum geology and reservoir engineering.
Offers new access to results of a multi-year hydrocarbon-reservoir analogue study not available elsewhere
Features 75 full-color figures and illustrations to emphasize critical aspects of the delta’s sedimentology, geomorphology, and stratigraphy
Provides basic data that better define what tide-dominated deltas are, how these complex systems behave over time, and why this is so
Aids petroleum geologists and reservoir engineers in predicting the distribution of baffles and barriers in tide-dominated sediment bodies, helping in the successful development of reservoirs
The Oil and Gas sector world-wide has interest in operational and developmental activities in the Han River Delta. Petroleum geologists, reservoir engineers, coastal geomorphologists, marine geologists, sedimentologists, and seismic/sequence stratigraphers. are the primary market
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Depositional Setting
2.1. Plate Tectonic Setting
2.2. Climate
2.3. The Han River
2.4. Physical Oceanography
2.5. Han River Delta: The Broader Environmental Context
2.6. Physical Process Regime: Summary
Chapter 3. Data
3.1. Cruise Schedules
3.2. Track Line Grid
3.3. Navigation
3.4. Bathymetry
3.5. Swath Bathymetry
3.6. Sparker and Air-Gun Seismic Surveys
3.7. Chirp and 3.5kHz Seismic Surveys
3.8. Core Collection
3.9. Core Logging and Sampling
3.10. Core–Seismic Tie
3.11. Grab Samples
Chapter 4. Geomorphology
Chapter Points
4.1. Distributary Channels
4.2. Large Tidal Bars
4.3. Large Tidal Channels
4.4. Shelf
Chapter 5. Near-Surface Sediment
5.1. Distributary Channels
5.2. Large Tidal Bars
5.3. Large Tidal Channels
5.4. Shelf
Chapter 6. Seismic Stratigraphy
6.1. Large Tidal Bars
6.2. Large Tidal Channels
6.3. Shelf
Chapter 7. Facies Successions
7.1. Tidal–Fluvial Point Bars
7.2. Open-Coast Tidal Flats
7.3. Sandbars and Swatchways
7.4. Large Tidal Bar
Chapter 8. Sequence Stratigraphy
8.1. Stratigraphy of Inner Gyeonggi Bay
8.2. Stratigraphy of Outer Gyeonggi Bay
8.3. Sequence Stratigraphic Evolution
Chapter 9. Discussion and Concluding Remarks
9.1. Dynamics of Sediment Dispersal
9.2. Morphology
9.3. Morphological and Stratigraphic Evolution
9.4. Proximal–Distal Trends
9.5. Applications to the Petroleum Industry
9.6. Concluding Remarks
Appendix 1A. YSDP-107 Drill Core
Appendix 1B. NYSDP-101 Drill Core
Appendix 1C. Hammer Cores
Appendix 1D. Vibrocores
Appendix 1E. Piston Cores
Appendix 2. Seismic Transects
Appendix 3. Radiocarbon Dates
References
Glossary
Index
No. of pages: 382
Language: English
Published: September 25, 2015
Imprint: Elsevier
Hardback ISBN: 9780128007686
eBook ISBN: 9780128010815
DC
Don Cummings
Affiliations and expertise
DCGeo Consulting, Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
RD
Robert Dalrymple
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
KC
Kyungsik Choi
Affiliations and expertise
Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
JJ
Jaehwa Jin
Affiliations and expertise
Korean Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Daejeon, South Korea