Evolution of subtidal sandbanks in Moreton Bay, eastern Australia

Eustatic and hydrodynamic controls on the architecture of a deep shelf sand bank (Celtic Sea)

“…above fair-weather wavebase; cf. Harris et al, 1992). Thus, we are led to conclude that the unit 3 channels were incised in an offshore setting.…”

Facies evolution of Holocene estuaries and deltas: a large-sample statistical study from Australia

“…1A) is comprised of a network of tidal channels, typically floored by coarse-grained sediment (e.g., sand), separated by tidal sand banks, intertidal flats, saltmarshes and salt flats (e.g., Woodroffe et al, 1989;Dalrymple et al, 1992;Harris et al, 1992;Chappell and Woodroffe, 1994;Mulrennan and Woodroffe, 1998). Fine-grained sediment (e.g., silt and clay) accumulates along the margins of the estuary as intertidal flats, mangrove, and in saltmarsh or salt flat environments.…”

Multi time-scale evolution of a wide estuary linear sandbank, the Longe de Boyard, on the French Atlantic coast

“…This study focused on wide estuary sandridges (Type 2A), which are defined as "aligned with the flow", and "migrating away from their steeper face" (Dyer and Huntley, 1999). These sandridges have been the subject of extensive qualitative studies (Kraft et al, 1974;Ludwick, 1974Ludwick, , 1975Weil et al, 1974;Wright et al, 1975;Harris, 1988;Harris and Jones, 1988;Gomez and Perillo, 1992;Harris et al, 1992;Féniès and Tastet, 1998;Chaumillon et al, 2002) but few quantitative studies based upon processes (Dyer and Huntley, 1999). Moreover, these sandbanks are not only the result of sand transport under tide-driven currents but are also strongly influenced by wave effects (Dyer and Huntley, 1999) as in the case of some openshelf sandwaves (Le Bot and Trentesaux, 2004).…”