prodelta

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prodelta [′prō‚del·tə]

(geology)

The part of a delta lying beyond the delta front, and sloping gently down to the basin floor of the delta; it is entirely below the water level.

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No references found			Present day sedimentation rates vary from 10 cm/year near the river mouth, to less than 3 cm/year in the distal parts of the prodelta (Hart et al. Environmental marine geoscience 4: Georgia basin: seabed features and ... by Picard, Kim / Geoscience Canada Elevations taken from borings of the top of the prodelta shale show an abrupt 10-foot-drop in datum along the site's northwestern corner, an area that required a dewatering trench. GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences			Proctor, Bernard Emerson Proctor, Redfield proctoscope Proctoscopy proctosigmoidectomy Proctotrupidae Proctotrupoidea Proculus procumbent Procurator procurator fiscal Procurator's Office Procurator's Office of the USSR Procurator-General Procurator-General of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics procurement procurement lead time Procyon Procyonidae prod prod cast prod mark Prodamet Prodanovic, Jaša Prodanovic, Jasa prodelta prodelta clay Prodi Prodi, Romano prodigal son prodigal son and his father Prodigy prodigy house Prodinoceratinae ProDoc prodomos ProDOS Prodromal Period prodrome Prodromus, Theodorus prodrug Producer producer gas producer goods producer's risk Producers Producers Cooperative producing gas-oil ratio producing horizon producing reserves Producing Suite			prod. PRODAC Prodamet Prodanovic, Jaša Prodanovic, Jasa Prodd PRODDAL prodded prodded prodded prodded prodded prodder prodder prodder prodder prodder prodders prodders prodders prodders prodding prodding prodding prodding prodding PRODEC PRODECOSAL PRODECS PRODEFA prodelta prodelta clay PRODEM PRODEOCSA PRODEP PRODEP PRODEP prodere PRODERNEA Prodesarrollo del Occidente de La Sabana PRODESP PRODESSA prodesse PRODEV PRODEVCEN PRODEX Prodi Prodi Prodi, Romano Prodiem Prodiem Prodiem Prodiem PlainW Prodiem PlainW prodigal prodigal prodigal prodigal prodigal Prodigal Daughter Prodigal Daughter

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