Late Holocene depositional environments and coastal evolution of the Mekong River Delta,Southern Vietnam |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan, ROC;2. Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan, ROC;1. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Université de Toulouse, UPS (OMP), CNRS, UMR 5566 LEGOS, 14 av. Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France;2. Space Technology Institute (STI), Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Viet Nam;3. Laboratoire d''Océanologie et de Géosciences (LOG), Univ. du Littoral Cote d''Opale (ULCO), CNRS UMR 8187, 28 avenue Foch, BP 80, 62930 Wimereux, France;4. ACRI-ST, 260 Route du Pin Montard, 06904 Sophia-Antipolis, France;5. University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (USTH), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Viet Nam;6. Institute of Oceanography, VAST, 1 Cau Da, Nha Trang, Viet Nam |
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| Abstract: | The Mekong River Delta in Southern Vietnam is a tide-dominated delta and has been formed by the Mekong River system. The sediments are dominantly fine grained and were deposited in the receiving basin with slight inclination of pre-existing deposits in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand.Around 6000 to 5000 yr BP maximum Holocene transgression occurred and seawaves surrounded uplands of the Late Pleistocene terrace, basement rock and weathered land in the northern parts of the delta. Double notches were undercut by seawaves on the limestone hill in Hatien at about 4.5 and 2.5 m above present sea level. Marine deposits prevailed throughout the delta. During the highstand and regressions of relative sea level over the last 4550 yr BP, delta progradation has produced a great flat-plain of 62,520 km2. This extremely fast progradation could be due to: (a) very high sediment supply depositing in the slight inclination of the receiving basin; (b) neotectonic movements and relative sea-level changes; (c) widespread mangrove forests playing an important role to enhance sediment accumulation. Former mangrove marshy deposits were significantly developed in the Plain of Reeds and Longxuyen Quadrangle. Mangrove marshes have also been developing well in the Camau Peninsula and present coastlines. Moreover, regressions over the last 4550 yr BP have produced many distinct sets of relict beach ridges which are useful in distinguishing the former coastlines and evolutionary history of the delta. |
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