The Tide-Dominated Han River Delta, Korea

The Tide-Dominated Han River Delta provides a thorough analysis of a river delta in which tidal currents have reworked the river-borne sediment, generating characteristic geomorphological and sedimentological signatures in the process.  Such "tide-dominated" deltas are common in the modern ocean, forming the substrate upon which entire populations are built.  Furthermore, ancient examples contain enormous volumes of hydrocarbon.  Despite this, tide-dominated deltas remain less well understood than their wave- and river-dominated counterparts, largely because processes within them are inherently more complex and fewer modern examples have been investigated in detail.

This multi-year study by a team of experts in coastal geoscience represents the most complete documentation of a tide-dominated delta to date.  Results help advance, and are applicable to, a broad range of fields within sedimentary geology, including clastic sedimentology, seismic and sequence stratigraphy, and coastal geomorphology, in addition to petroleum geology and reservoir engineering.

• Offers new access to results of a multi-year hydrocarbon-reservoir analogue study not available elsewhere
• Features 75 full-color figures and illustrations to emphasize critical aspects of the delta’s sedimentology, geomorphology, and stratigraphy
• Provides basic data that better define what tide-dominated deltas are, how these complex systems behave over time, and why this is so
• Aids petroleum geologists and reservoir engineers in predicting the distribution of baffles and barriers in tide-dominated sediment bodies, helping in the successful development of reservoirs

The Oil and Gas sector world-wide has interest in operational and developmental activities in the Han River Delta. Petroleum geologists, reservoir engineers, coastal geomorphologists, marine geologists, sedimentologists, and seismic/sequence stratigraphers. are the primary market

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Depositional Setting
  • 2.1. Plate Tectonic Setting
  • 2.2. Climate
  • 2.3. The Han River
  • 2.4. Physical Oceanography
  • 2.5. Han River Delta: The Broader Environmental Context
  • 2.6. Physical Process Regime: Summary
• Chapter 3. Data
  • 3.1. Cruise Schedules
  • 3.2. Track Line Grid
  • 3.3. Navigation
  • 3.4. Bathymetry
  • 3.5. Swath Bathymetry
  • 3.6. Sparker and Air-Gun Seismic Surveys
  • 3.7. Chirp and 3.5kHz Seismic Surveys
  • 3.8. Core Collection
  • 3.9. Core Logging and Sampling
  • 3.10. Core–Seismic Tie
  • 3.11. Grab Samples
• Chapter 4. Geomorphology
  • Chapter Points
  • 4.1. Distributary Channels
  • 4.2. Large Tidal Bars
  • 4.3. Large Tidal Channels
  • 4.4. Shelf
• Chapter 5. Near-Surface Sediment
  • 5.1. Distributary Channels
  • 5.2. Large Tidal Bars
  • 5.3. Large Tidal Channels
  • 5.4. Shelf
• Chapter 6. Seismic Stratigraphy
  • 6.1. Large Tidal Bars
  • 6.2. Large Tidal Channels
  • 6.3. Shelf
• Chapter 7. Facies Successions
  • 7.1. Tidal–Fluvial Point Bars
  • 7.2. Open-Coast Tidal Flats
  • 7.3. Sandbars and Swatchways
  • 7.4. Large Tidal Bar
• Chapter 8. Sequence Stratigraphy
  • 8.1. Stratigraphy of Inner Gyeonggi Bay
  • 8.2. Stratigraphy of Outer Gyeonggi Bay
  • 8.3. Sequence Stratigraphic Evolution
• Chapter 9. Discussion and Concluding Remarks
  • 9.1. Dynamics of Sediment Dispersal
  • 9.2. Morphology
  • 9.3. Morphological and Stratigraphic Evolution
  • 9.4. Proximal–Distal Trends
  • 9.5. Applications to the Petroleum Industry
  • 9.6. Concluding Remarks
• Appendix 1A. YSDP-107 Drill Core
• Appendix 1B. NYSDP-101 Drill Core
• Appendix 1C. Hammer Cores
• Appendix 1D. Vibrocores
• Appendix 1E. Piston Cores
• Appendix 2. Seismic Transects
• Appendix 3. Radiocarbon Dates
• References
• Glossary
• Index