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==Further reading==

==Further reading==

''Literature on distributary-mouth-bar environments.''<ref name=Johnston_1922>Johnston, W. A., 1922, The character of the stratification of the sediments in the recent delta of the Fraser River delta, British Columbia, Canada: Jour. Geology, v. 30, p. 115-129.</ref> <ref name=Arnborg_1948>Arnborg, L. E., 1948, The delta of the Angerman River: Geog. Ann., Stockholm, v. 30, p. 673-690.</ref> <ref name=Fisketal_1954>Fisk, H. N., et al, 1954, Sedimentary framework of the modern Mississippi delta: Jour. Sed. Petrology, v. 24, p. 76-99.</ref> <ref name=Fisk_1955>Fisk, H. N., 1955, Sand facies of Recent Mississippi delta deposits: 4th World Petroleum Cong. Proc., Rome, sec. 1, p. 377-398.</ref> <ref name=Fisk_1961>Fisk, H. N., 1961, Bar-finger sands of the Mississippi delta: in J. A. Peterson and J. C. Osmond, eds., Geometry of sandstone bodies: AAPG Spec. Pub., p. 29-52.</ref> <ref name=Fiskandmcfarlan_1955>Fisk, H. N., and E. McFarlan, Jr., 1955, Late Quaternary deltaic deposits of the Mississippi River--local sedimentation and basin tectonics: in A. Poldervaart, ed., Crust of the earth, a symposium: Geol. Soc. America Spec. Paper 62, p. 279-302.</ref> <ref name=Kruit_1955>Kruit, C., 1955, Sediments of the Rhone delta, 1, Grain size and microfauna: Kon. Nederlands Geol. Mijnb. Gen. Verhand., v. 15, p. 397-499.</ref> <ref name=Scruton_1960 /> <ref name=Scruton_1955>Scruton, P. C., 1955, Sediments of the eastern Mississippi Delta: in Finding ancient shorelines: SEPM Spec. Pub. 3, p. 21-51.</ref> <ref name=Scruton_1956>Scruton, P. C., 1956, Oceanography of Mississippi Delta sedimentary environments: AAPG Bull., v. 40, p. 2864-2952.</ref> <ref name=Shepard_1956>Shepard, F. P., 1956, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1953-56/data/pg/0040/0011/2500/2537.htm Marginal sediments of the Mississippi delta]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 40, p. 2537-2623.</ref> <ref name=Shepardetal_1960>Shepard, F. P., F. B. Phleger, and T. H. van Andel, eds., 1960, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/alt-browse/aapg-special-volumes/sp21.htm Recent sediments, northwest Gulf of Mexico]: AAPG Special Publication 21, 394 p.</ref> <ref name=Allen_1965c>Allen, J. R. L., 1965, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1965-67/data/pg/0049/0005/0500/0547.htm Late Quaternary Niger delta and adjacent areas]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 49, p. 547-600.</ref> <ref name=Allen_1970>Allen, J. R. L., 1970, Sediments of the modern Niger Delta: in J. P. Morgan, ed., Deltaic sedimentation: modern and ancient: SEPM Spec. Pub. 15, p. 138-151.</ref> <ref name=Kolbandvanlopik_1966>Kolb, C. R., and J. R. Van Lopik, 1966, Depositional environments of the Mississippi River deltaic plain, southeastern Louisiana, ''in'' M. L. Shirley and J. A. Ragsdale, eds., Deltas: Houston Geol. Soc., p. 17-62.</ref> <ref name=Mikhailov_1966>Mikhailov, V. N., 1966, Hydrology and formation of river mouth bars: in Scientific problems of the humid tropic zone deltas and their implications: UNESCO, Proc. Dacca Symp., p. 59-64.</ref> <ref name=Shirley_1966>Shirley, M. L., ed., 1966, Deltas: Houston Geol. Soc., 251 p.</ref> <ref name=Fisherandmcgowen_1967>Fisher, W. L., and J. H. McGowen, 1967, Depositional systems in the Wilcox Group of Texas and their relationship to oil and gas: Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc. Trans., v. 17, p. 105-125.</ref> <ref name=Oomkens_1967>Oomkens, E., 1967, Depositional sequences and sand distribution in a deltaic complex: a sedimentological investigation of the post-glacial Rhone delta complex: Geologie en Mijnbouw, v. 46, no. 7, p. 265-278.</ref> <ref name=Oomkens_1974>Oomkens, E., 1974, Lithofacies relations in the Late Quaternary Niger delta complex: Sedimentology, v. 21, p. 195-221.</ref> <ref name=Colemanetal_1970>Coleman, J. M., S. M. Gagliano, and W. G. Smith, 1970, Sedimentation in a Malaysian high tide tropical delta: in J. P. Morgan, ed., Deltaic sedimentation: modern and ancient: SEPM Spec. Pub. 15, 312 p.</ref> <ref name=Ferm_1970>Ferm, J. C., 1970, Allegheny deltaic deposits: in J. P. Morgan, ed., Deltaic sedimentation: Modern and ancient: SEPM Spec. Pub. 15, 312 p.</ref> <ref name=Ferm_1977>Ferm, J. C., 1977, Allegheny deltaic deposits: in F. B. van Houten, ed., Ancient continental deposits: Benchmark Papers in Geology: Stroudsburg, Pa., Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, 384 p.</ref> <ref name=Bagansetal_1975>Bagans, B. P., J. C. Horne, and J. C. Ferm, 1975, Carboniferous and Recent Mississippi lower delta plains: Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc. Trans., v. 25, p. 183-191.</ref> <ref name=Belt_1975>Belt, E. S., 1975, Scottish carboniferous cyclothem patterns and their paleoenvironmental significance: in M. L. Broussard, ed., Deltas, models for exploration: Houston Geol. Soc., p. 427-449.</ref> <ref name=Maldonado_1975>Maldonado, Andres, 1975, Sedimentation, stratigraphy, and development of the Ebro Delta, Spain: in M. L. Broussard, ed., Deltas, models for exploration, 2nd ed: Houston Geol. Soc., p. 311-338.</ref> <ref name=Coleman_1976>Coleman, J. M., 1976, Deltas: Processes of deposition and models for exploration: Continuing Education Publ. Co., Champaign, IL (now available from Burgess Publishing Co., 7108 Ohms Lane, Minneapolis, MN 55435), 102 p.</ref> <ref name=Horneetal_1978>Horne, J. C., et al, 1978, Depositional models in coal exploration and mine planning in Appalachian region: AAPG Bull., v. 62, no. 12, p. 2379-2411.</ref>

''Literature on distributary-mouth-bar environments.''

 

* Johnston, W. A., 1922, The character of the stratification of the sediments in the recent delta of the Fraser River delta, British Columbia, Canada: Jour. Geology, v. 30, p. 115-129.

* Arnborg, L. E., 1948, The delta of the Angerman River: Geog. Ann., Stockholm, v. 30, p. 673-690.

* Fisk, H. N., et al, 1954, Sedimentary framework of the modern Mississippi delta: Jour. Sed. Petrology, v. 24, p. 76-99.

* Fisk, H. N., 1955, Sand facies of Recent Mississippi delta deposits: 4th World Petroleum Cong. Proc., Rome, sec. 1, p. 377-398.

* Fisk, H. N., 1961, Bar-finger sands of the Mississippi delta: in J. A. Peterson and J. C. Osmond, eds., Geometry of sandstone bodies: AAPG Spec. Pub., p. 29-52.

* Fisk, H. N., and E. McFarlan, Jr., 1955, Late Quaternary deltaic deposits of the Mississippi River--local sedimentation and basin tectonics: in A. Poldervaart, ed., Crust of the earth, a symposium: Geol. Soc. America Spec. Paper 62, p. 279-302.

* Kruit, C., 1955, Sediments of the Rhone delta, 1, Grain size and microfauna: Kon. Nederlands Geol. Mijnb. Gen. Verhand., v. 15, p. 397-499.

* Scruton, P. C., 1955, Sediments of the eastern Mississippi Delta: in Finding ancient shorelines: SEPM Spec. Pub. 3, p. 21-51.</ref> <ref name=Scruton_1956>Scruton, P. C., 1956, Oceanography of Mississippi Delta sedimentary environments: AAPG Bull., v. 40, p. 2864-2952.</ref> <ref name=Shepard_1956>Shepard, F. P., 1956, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1953-56/data/pg/0040/0011/2500/2537.htm Marginal sediments of the Mississippi delta]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 40, p. 2537-2623.

* Shepard, F. P., F. B. Phleger, and T. H. van Andel, eds., 1960, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/alt-browse/aapg-special-volumes/sp21.htm Recent sediments, northwest Gulf of Mexico]: AAPG Special Publication 21, 394 p.

* Allen, J. R. L., 1965, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1965-67/data/pg/0049/0005/0500/0547.htm Late Quaternary Niger delta and adjacent areas]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 49, p. 547-600.

* Allen, J. R. L., 1970, Sediments of the modern Niger Delta: in J. P. Morgan, ed., Deltaic sedimentation: modern and ancient: SEPM Spec. Pub. 15, p. 138-151.</ref> <ref name=Kolbandvanlopik_1966>Kolb, C. R., and J. R. Van Lopik, 1966, Depositional environments of the Mississippi River deltaic plain, southeastern Louisiana, ''in'' M. L. Shirley and J. A. Ragsdale, eds., Deltas: Houston Geol. Soc., p. 17-62.

* Mikhailov, V. N., 1966, Hydrology and formation of river mouth bars: in Scientific problems of the humid tropic zone deltas and their implications: UNESCO, Proc. Dacca Symp., p. 59-64.

* Shirley, M. L., ed., 1966, Deltas: Houston Geol. Soc., 251 p.

* Fisher, W. L., and J. H. McGowen, 1967, Depositional systems in the Wilcox Group of Texas and their relationship to oil and gas: Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc. Trans., v. 17, p. 105-125.

* Oomkens, E., 1967, Depositional sequences and sand distribution in a deltaic complex: a sedimentological investigation of the post-glacial Rhone delta complex: Geologie en Mijnbouw, v. 46, no. 7, p. 265-278.

* Oomkens, E., 1974, Lithofacies relations in the Late Quaternary Niger delta complex: Sedimentology, v. 21, p. 195-221.

* Coleman, J. M., S. M. Gagliano, and W. G. Smith, 1970, Sedimentation in a Malaysian high tide tropical delta: in J. P. Morgan, ed., Deltaic sedimentation: modern and ancient: SEPM Spec. Pub. 15, 312 p.

* Ferm, J. C., 1970, Allegheny deltaic deposits: in J. P. Morgan, ed., Deltaic sedimentation: Modern and ancient: SEPM Spec. Pub. 15, 312 p.</ref> <ref name=Ferm_1977>Ferm, J. C., 1977, Allegheny deltaic deposits: in F. B. van Houten, ed., Ancient continental deposits: Benchmark Papers in Geology: Stroudsburg, Pa., Dowden, Hutchinson and Ross, 384 p.

* Bagans, B. P., J. C. Horne, and J. C. Ferm, 1975, Carboniferous and Recent Mississippi lower delta plains: Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc. Trans., v. 25, p. 183-191.

* Belt, E. S., 1975, Scottish carboniferous cyclothem patterns and their paleoenvironmental significance: in M. L. Broussard, ed., Deltas, models for exploration: Houston Geol. Soc., p. 427-449.</ref> <ref name=Maldonado_1975>Maldonado, Andres, 1975, Sedimentation, stratigraphy, and development of the Ebro Delta, Spain: in M. L. Broussard, ed., Deltas, models for exploration, 2nd ed: Houston Geol. Soc., p. 311-338.

* Coleman, J. M., 1976, Deltas: Processes of deposition and models for exploration: Continuing Education Publ. Co., Champaign, IL (now available from Burgess Publishing Co., 7108 Ohms Lane, Minneapolis, MN 55435), 102 p.

* Horne, J. C., et al, 1978, Depositional models in coal exploration and mine planning in Appalachian region: AAPG Bull., v. 62, no. 12, p. 2379-2411.</ref>

''Literature on subaqueous slumps.'' <ref name=Shepard_1955>Shepard, F. P., 1955, Delta front valleys bordering the Mississippi distributaries: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 66, p. 1489-1498.</ref> <ref name=Shepard_1973>Shepard, F. P., 1973, Sea floor off Magdalena delta and Santa Marta area, Colombia: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 84, p. 1955-1972.</ref> <ref name=Fisk_1956>Fisk, H. N., 1956, Nearshore sediments of the continental shelf off Louisiana: Proc. 8th Texas Conf. on Soil Mech. and Foundation Eng., p. 1-23.</ref> <ref name=Moore_1961>Moore, D. G., 1961, Submarine slides: Jour. Sed. Petrology, v. 31, p. 343-357.</ref> <ref name=Ocamb_1961>Ocamb, R. D, 1961, Growth faults of south Louisiana: Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc. Trans., v. 2, p. 139-175.</ref> <ref name=Morganetal_1968>Morgan, J. P., J. M. Coleman, and S. M. Gagliano, 1968, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/structu1/data/a153/a153/0001/0100/0145.htm Mudlumps: diapiric structures in Mississippi Delta sediments]: AAPG Memoir 8, p. 145-161.</ref> <ref name=Bea_1971>Bea, R. G., 1971, How sea floor slides affect offshore structures: Oil and Gas Jour., v. 69, no. 48, p. 88-92.</ref> <ref name=Bruce_1972>Bruce, C. H., 1972, Pressured shale and related sediment deformation: a mechanism for development of regional contemporaneous faults: Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc. Trans., v. 22, p. 23-31.</ref> <ref name=Woodburyetal_1973>Woodbury, H. O., et al, 1973, Pliocene and Pleistocene depocenters, outer continental shelf, Louisiana and Texas: AAPG Bull., v. 57, p. 2428-2439.</ref> <ref name=Woodburyetal_1977>Woodbury, H. O., J. H. Spotts, and W. H. Akers, 1977, Movement of sediment on Gulf of Mexico continental slope and upper continental shelf: 9th Offshore Tech. Conf., Proc., v. 1, p. 59-68.</ref> <ref name=Colemanetal_1974 /> <ref name=Garrison_1974>Garrison, L. E., 1974, The instability of surface sediments on parts of the Mississippi delta front: U.S. Geol. Survey Open File Rept., Corpus Christi, Texas, 18 p.</ref> <ref name=Hedberg_1974>Hedberg, H. D., 1974, Relation of methane generation to undercompacted shales, shale diapirs, and mud volcanoes: AAPG Bull., v. 58, no. 4, p. 661-673.</ref> <ref name=Busch_1975>Busch, D. A., 1975, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1974-76/data/pg/0059/0002/0200/0217.htm Influence of growth faulting on sedimentation and prospect evaluation]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 59, p. 217-230.</ref> <ref name=Whelanetal_1975>Whelan, Thomas, III, et al, 1975, The geochemistry of Recent Mississippi River delta sediments: gas concentration and sediment stability: Preprints 7th Ann. Offshore Tech. Conf., Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 1975, p. 71-84.</ref> <ref name=Coleman_1976 /> <ref name=Edwards_1976>Edwards, M. B., 1976, Growth faults in Upper Triassic deltaic sediments, Svalbard: AAPG Bull., v. 60, p. 341-355.</ref> <ref name=Robertsetal_1976>Roberts, H. H., D. Cratsley, T. Whelan, III, 1976, Stability of Mississippi delta sediments as evaluated by analysis of structural features of sediment borings: Eighth Ann. Offshore Tech. Conf., Houston, Texas, May 3-5, 1976, p. 9-28.</ref> <ref name=Colemanandgarrison_1977 /> <ref name=Embleyandjacobi_1977>Embley, R. W., and R. Jacobi, 1977, Distribution and morphology of large submarine sediment slides and slumps on Atlantic continental margins: Marine Geotechnology, v. 2, p. 205-228.</ref> <ref name=Molniaetal_1977>Molnia, B. F., P. R. Carlson, and T. R. Bruns, 1977, Large submarine slide in Kayak Trough, Gulf of Alaska: in Landslides: Geol. Soc. America Rev. Eng. Geol., v. 3, p. 137-148.</ref> <ref name=Carlson_1978>Carlson, P. R., 1978, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1977-79/data/pg/0062/0012/2400/2412.htm Holocene slump on continental shelf off Malaspina Glacier, Gulf of Alaska]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 62, no. 12, p. 2412-2426.</ref> <ref name=Priorandcoleman_1978a /> <ref name=Priorandcoleman_1978b /> <ref name=Colemanandprior_1978 /> <ref name=Rider_1978>Rider, M. H., 1978, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1977-79/data/pg/0062/0011/2150/2191.htm Growth faults in Carboniferous of Western Ireland]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 62, no. 11, p. 2191-2213.</ref>

''Literature on subaqueous slumps.'' <ref name=Shepard_1955>Shepard, F. P., 1955, Delta front valleys bordering the Mississippi distributaries: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 66, p. 1489-1498.</ref> <ref name=Shepard_1973>Shepard, F. P., 1973, Sea floor off Magdalena delta and Santa Marta area, Colombia: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 84, p. 1955-1972.</ref> <ref name=Fisk_1956>Fisk, H. N., 1956, Nearshore sediments of the continental shelf off Louisiana: Proc. 8th Texas Conf. on Soil Mech. and Foundation Eng., p. 1-23.</ref> <ref name=Moore_1961>Moore, D. G., 1961, Submarine slides: Jour. Sed. Petrology, v. 31, p. 343-357.</ref> <ref name=Ocamb_1961>Ocamb, R. D, 1961, Growth faults of south Louisiana: Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc. Trans., v. 2, p. 139-175.</ref> <ref name=Morganetal_1968>Morgan, J. P., J. M. Coleman, and S. M. Gagliano, 1968, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/structu1/data/a153/a153/0001/0100/0145.htm Mudlumps: diapiric structures in Mississippi Delta sediments]: AAPG Memoir 8, p. 145-161.</ref> <ref name=Bea_1971>Bea, R. G., 1971, How sea floor slides affect offshore structures: Oil and Gas Jour., v. 69, no. 48, p. 88-92.</ref> <ref name=Bruce_1972>Bruce, C. H., 1972, Pressured shale and related sediment deformation: a mechanism for development of regional contemporaneous faults: Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc. Trans., v. 22, p. 23-31.</ref> <ref name=Woodburyetal_1973>Woodbury, H. O., et al, 1973, Pliocene and Pleistocene depocenters, outer continental shelf, Louisiana and Texas: AAPG Bull., v. 57, p. 2428-2439.</ref> <ref name=Woodburyetal_1977>Woodbury, H. O., J. H. Spotts, and W. H. Akers, 1977, Movement of sediment on Gulf of Mexico continental slope and upper continental shelf: 9th Offshore Tech. Conf., Proc., v. 1, p. 59-68.</ref> <ref name=Colemanetal_1974 /> <ref name=Garrison_1974>Garrison, L. E., 1974, The instability of surface sediments on parts of the Mississippi delta front: U.S. Geol. Survey Open File Rept., Corpus Christi, Texas, 18 p.</ref> <ref name=Hedberg_1974>Hedberg, H. D., 1974, Relation of methane generation to undercompacted shales, shale diapirs, and mud volcanoes: AAPG Bull., v. 58, no. 4, p. 661-673.</ref> <ref name=Busch_1975>Busch, D. A., 1975, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1974-76/data/pg/0059/0002/0200/0217.htm Influence of growth faulting on sedimentation and prospect evaluation]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 59, p. 217-230.</ref> <ref name=Whelanetal_1975>Whelan, Thomas, III, et al, 1975, The geochemistry of Recent Mississippi River delta sediments: gas concentration and sediment stability: Preprints 7th Ann. Offshore Tech. Conf., Houston, Texas, May 5-8, 1975, p. 71-84.</ref> <ref name=Coleman_1976 /> <ref name=Edwards_1976>Edwards, M. B., 1976, Growth faults in Upper Triassic deltaic sediments, Svalbard: AAPG Bull., v. 60, p. 341-355.</ref> <ref name=Robertsetal_1976>Roberts, H. H., D. Cratsley, T. Whelan, III, 1976, Stability of Mississippi delta sediments as evaluated by analysis of structural features of sediment borings: Eighth Ann. Offshore Tech. Conf., Houston, Texas, May 3-5, 1976, p. 9-28.</ref> <ref name=Colemanandgarrison_1977 /> <ref name=Embleyandjacobi_1977>Embley, R. W., and R. Jacobi, 1977, Distribution and morphology of large submarine sediment slides and slumps on Atlantic continental margins: Marine Geotechnology, v. 2, p. 205-228.</ref> <ref name=Molniaetal_1977>Molnia, B. F., P. R. Carlson, and T. R. Bruns, 1977, Large submarine slide in Kayak Trough, Gulf of Alaska: in Landslides: Geol. Soc. America Rev. Eng. Geol., v. 3, p. 137-148.</ref> <ref name=Carlson_1978>Carlson, P. R., 1978, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1977-79/data/pg/0062/0012/2400/2412.htm Holocene slump on continental shelf off Malaspina Glacier, Gulf of Alaska]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 62, no. 12, p. 2412-2426.</ref> <ref name=Priorandcoleman_1978a /> <ref name=Priorandcoleman_1978b /> <ref name=Colemanandprior_1978 /> <ref name=Rider_1978>Rider, M. H., 1978, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1977-79/data/pg/0062/0011/2150/2191.htm Growth faults in Carboniferous of Western Ireland]: AAPG Bulletin, v. 62, no. 11, p. 2191-2213.</ref>