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
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 0 7 6 8 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 1 0 8 1 - 5
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 geomorpho… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe 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
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 25, 2015
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128007686
- eBook ISBN: 9780128010815
DC
Don Cummings
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Robert Dalrymple
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Kyungsik Choi
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