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2.2.3 Topset Beds

Topset beds overlie foreset beds in a prograding delta. As the delta builds into open water, the stream extends the channel to the edge of the delta, and as a result, coarser material is deposited.


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Section through a lake delta
Section through a lake delta
Leet, L. D., S. Judson, and M. E. Kauffman.
Physical Geology.
Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewoods Cliff, New Jersey, 1982.
Section through a lake delta 

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