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...[evaporite]] [[Sabkha|flats]].<ref name=Coleman_1976>Coleman, J. M., 1976, Deltas: Processes of deposition and models for exploration: Continuing Education P ...ctively [[Depocenter#Sediment_supply_rate_and_facies_patterns|prograding]] deltas have at least one common feature--a river supplies clastic sediment to the

| Common tidal and fluvial channel fills || || Permeability contrast with shore face or b | Lagoonal sandstone bodies (washover fans and flood-tidal deltas) can be wholly or partially enclosed in [[mudstone]] || || Can form discre

Deltas are major sites of sand and mud deposition. They contain significant volume ...particularly the larger ones, dump very large quantities of sediment into deltas on top of an unstable substrate containing mobile salt and/or shale. Salt [

** Fan deltas ** Lake deltas

...tary [[evaporite]] or barren [[salt flat]]s, where intricate networks of [[tidal creek]]s occur and are separated by broad evaporative sequences. From the s One of the major facies associated with many deltas is the large areal extent of bay fills or crevasses that break off of main

...ains can be present in braided and also meandering rivers. When the stream flood, overtop its banks, deposition happens on natural levees. This deposition w ...e outflow and have fluctuating shorelines which are controlled by seasonal flood. The deposits are dominated by carbonate mud, silt, and sand which develope

...coastal and desert environments); Shoreline ( beaches, barrier bars, tidal deltas and similar deposits formed in coastal areas);Glacial(sandy materials in ti ...coastal and desert environments); Shoreline ( beaches, barrier bars, tidal deltas and similar deposits formed in coastal areas);Glacial(sandy materials in ti

...nd sea water in the absence of tides: in Problems of the humid tropic zone deltas and their implications: UNESCO, Proc. Dacca Symp., p. 175-180.</ref> Wright In the absence of high tidal range and extremely strong marine energy, the [[distributary channel]] patt

...nt bars and meander-belt deposits), lacustrine delta fill, backswamps, and flood plains (swamps, marshes, and freshwater lakes). ..., where lateral migration rates of several thousand meters during a single flood are not uncommon.<ref name=Coleman_1969>Coleman, J. M., 1969, Brahmaputra R