Factors Controlling the Holocene Avulsion History of the Rhine-Meuse Delta (The Netherlands)

Stouthamer, Esther; Berendsen, H.

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“…6-7 ka before present, with the waning of the rate of post-glacial eustatic rise (Summerhayes et al, 1978;Field and Roy, 1984;Stanley and Chen, 1996;Morales, 1997;Chen et al, 2000;Stouthamer and Berendsen, 2000;Kuehl, 2000a, 2000b;Hernández-Molina et al, 2000a;Ta et al, 2002a;Hori et al, 2002Hori et al, , 2004Cattaneo et al, 2003Cattaneo et al, , 2007Palinkas and Nittrouer, 2006;Liu et al, 2006Liu et al, , 2007aLiu et al, , 2007bGiosan et al, 2006b;Le Dantec et al, 2010;Qiu et al, 2014).…”

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“…In contrast with the uniformity of facies and stratigraphic architecture displayed by delta-scale subaqueous clinoforms, autigenic and high-frequency allogenic forcing in shoreline clinoforms result in episodes of very rapid progradation alternated with periods of abandonment, starvation, hiatuses, erosion and retreat (e.g., 91 episodes of Holocene avulsions in the Rhine-Meuse Delta) (Törnqvist, 1994;Allison, 1997;Saito et al, 2000;Stouthamer and Berendsen, 2000;Correggiari et al, 2005;Blum and Roberts, 2009;Dan et al, 2009). Avulsion periods are usually hallmarked by the deposition of draping clinoform and other diastemic geomorphological elements (e.g., Saito et al, 2000).…”

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Clinoforms and clinoform systems: Review and dynamic classification scheme for shorelines, subaqueous deltas, shelf edges and continental margins

Patruno

Helland‐Hansen

2018

Earth-Science Reviews

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A B S T R A C TClinoforms are inclined and normally basinward-dipping horizons developed over a range of spatial and temporal scales in both siliciclastic and carbonatic systems. The study of clinoform successions underpins sequence stratigraphy and all efforts to reconstruct the relative partitioning of reservoir, seal and source rocks along shoreline to basin-floor profiles.Here, we review clinoform research and propose a more systematic description and classification of clinoforms. This is a crucial step to improve predictions of facies and lithology distribution within shoreline to continental shelf and abyssal plain successions, together with the genesis, drivers and dynamics of their constituent sedimentary units.Four basic clinoform types are here distinguished in delta/shorelines, lacustrines and marine environments, on the basis of their overall spatial and temporal scale, morphology, outbuilding dynamic and geodynamic and depositional setting: (1, 2) delta-scale clinoforms, which in turns are sub-divided into shoreline and delta-scale subaqueous clinoforms; (3) shelf-edge clinoforms; and (4) continental-margin clinoforms. Delta-scale clinoform sets are tens of metres high and typically represent 1-10 3 kyr, with progradation rates ranging from 1,000-100,000 m/kyr for shorelines and "subaerial deltas" to 100-20,000 m/kyr for subaqueous deltas; shelfedge clinoform sets are hundreds of metres high and are nucleated and accreted in 0.1-20 Myr (usual progradation rates of 1-100 m/kyr) by successive cross-shelf transits of delta-scale clinoforms; continental-margin clinoform sets are thousands of metres high, hallmark key geodynamic/crustal boundaries (e.g., continent/ocean transition) and slowly prograde basinwards in ca. 5-100 Myr, with typical rates of 0.1-10 m/kyr. As a consequence of the very different progradation rates and of the difficulty of large-scale clinothems to backstep during transgressions, shorelines are the most dynamic clinoforms with regards to position, continental margins the least, and shelf-edges are intermediate. Shortly after a transgression, therefore, the four clinoform types may prograde synchronously along shoreline-to-abyssal plain transects, forming "compound clinoform" systems. During the subsequent regressive cycle, however, due to the dissimilarity in progradation rates, different clinoform types will normally merge progressively with each other, giving rise to "hybrid clinoforms" (e.g., shelf-edge deltas), and fewer depositional breaks-in-slope are distinguished along a single shoreline-toabyssal plain transect. Overall, all clinoform systems are the result of the dynamic evolution of compound and hybrid clinoforms along a temporal and spatial continuum, regulated by the cyclical backstepping of the smallerscale system within natural progradational-retrogradational cycles of larger-scale clinothem outbuilding.All clinothem types may show either an accretionary/active or draping/passive style, depending on the proximity to the sediment source. Draping clinothems are nearly...

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Section: Delta Scale Clinoformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Delta Scale Clinoformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Clinoforms and clinoform systems: Review and dynamic classification scheme for shorelines, subaqueous deltas, shelf edges and continental margins

Patruno

Helland‐Hansen

2018

Earth-Science Reviews

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“…Earthquakes such as the 1980 El Asnam (Algeria) earthquake (Philip and Meghraoui 1983) capable of causing local rapid uplift of river beds could be possible triggers. Because of the absence of levees to be breached, seismic shaking alone as invoked by e.g., Stouthamer and Berendsen (2000) in the Rhine-Meuse delta could hardly be taken as a possible trigger in the MCA in spite of markedly greater earthquake magnitudes. In contrast, intrinsic factors such as large floods may be considered as possible triggers even in this tectonically active context because aggradation may have elevated the river bed sufficiently for the flow to take advantage of the tectonic slope.…”

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Late Glacial and Holocene avulsions of the Rio Pastaza Megafan (Ecuador–Peru): frequency and controlling factors

Bernal

Christophoul

Darrozes

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Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch)

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“…Avulsions are especially common in low-gradient alluvial and deltaic plains (Makaske, 2001). A variety of factors, such as base-level changes, aggradation rates, tectonic movements, vegetation, climate, and changes in sediment supply, have been invoked as important underlying causes of avulsions (Bridge and Leeder, 1979;Smith, 1983Smith, , 1986Alexander and Leeder, 1987;McCarthy et al, 1992;Törnqvist, 1993Törnqvist, , 1994Bryant et al, 1995;Aslan and Blum, 1999;Morozova and Smith, 2000;Stouthamer and Berendsen, 2000;Gradzinski et al, 2003).…”

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A review of Holocene avulsions of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and possible effects on the evolution of civilizations in lower Mesopotamia

Morozova

2005

Geoarchaeology

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The role of avulsion in the evolution of civilization in lower Mesopotamia is widely recognized. Ancient settlements are closely associated with abandoned courses of the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. This paper discusses avulsion history, controls of avulsions, their effects on civilization evolution from 7000 to 1000 yr B.P., and interactions between human activity and channel-network evolution based on previous archaeological and geomorphological surveys, analysis of cuneiform texts, maps, satellite photos, and limited geological data. Settlement distribution in ancient Mesopotamia is modeled in relation to avulsion styles, as well as channel and sedimentation patterns. Avulsion belts are suggested as places where urban settlements emerged and were sustained. Multiple channel networks and avulsion belts created large, naturally irrigated areas, fostering the efficient agriculture needed to sustain dense rural and urban settlements. After channel networks were abandoned during delta evolution, largescale canal construction was required to sustain settlements but still could not prevent their decline.

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Factors Controlling the Holocene Avulsion History of the Rhine-Meuse Delta (The Netherlands)

Cited by 135 publications

References 30 publications

Clinoforms and clinoform systems: Review and dynamic classification scheme for shorelines, subaqueous deltas, shelf edges and continental margins

Clinoforms and clinoform systems: Review and dynamic classification scheme for shorelines, subaqueous deltas, shelf edges and continental margins

Late Glacial and Holocene avulsions of the Rio Pastaza Megafan (Ecuador–Peru): frequency and controlling factors

A review of Holocene avulsions of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and possible effects on the evolution of civilizations in lower Mesopotamia

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