<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<p>Although deltas and subaqueous fans are both formed in the same near-shore zones of basins, the hydraulic conditions for their formation, development and sedimentary records are different. The present review discusses the results of previously published studies of fan deltas (Gilbert-type deltas) and subaqueous fans of lacustrine and glaciolacustrine environments. The depositional mechanisms of deltas and subaqueous fans, textural and structural features of the lithofacies associations and their typical lithofacies are presented. The characteristics of subaqueous fans, which are still relatively poorly understood and are often overlooked in sedimentological interpretations of lacustrine sedimentary successions, receive particular attention. The palaeoenvironmental and lithological differences between deltas and sub-aqueous fans are highlighted.</p>
</abstract>

Although deltas and subaqueous fans are both formed in the same near-shore zones of basins, the hydraulic conditions for their formation, development and sedimentary records are different. The present review discusses the results of previously published studies of fan deltas (Gilbert-type deltas) and subaqueous fans of lacustrine and glaciolacustrine environments. The depositional mechanisms of deltas and subaqueous fans, textural and structural features of the lithofacies associations and their typical lithofacies are presented. The characteristics of subaqueous fans, which are still relatively poorly understood and are often overlooked in sedimentological interpretations of lacustrine sedimentary successions, receive particular attention. The palaeoenvironmental and lithological differences between deltas and sub-aqueous fans are highlighted.

Lacustrine deltas and subaqueous fans: almost the same, but different – a review

Geologos

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Although deltas and subaqueous fans are both formed in the same near-shore zones of basins, the hydraulic conditions for their formation, development and...

Lacustrine deltas and subaqueous fans: almost the same, but different – a review

Published Online: May 12, 2021

Page range: 43 - 55

Received: Jan 15, 2021

Accepted: Mar 25, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logos-2021-0004

Keywords
fan delta, Gilbert-type delta, ice-contact subaqueous fan, depositional mechanisms, sedimentology

© 2021 Beata Gruszka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Lacustrine deltas and subaqueous fans: almost the same, but different – a review

Published Online: May 12, 2021

Page range: 43 - 55

Received: Jan 15, 2021

Accepted: Mar 25, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/logos-2021-0004

Keywordsfan delta, Gilbert-type delta, ice-contact subaqueous fan, depositional mechanisms, sedimentology

© 2021 Beata Gruszka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
fan delta, Gilbert-type delta, ice-contact subaqueous fan, depositional mechanisms, sedimentology