Annotated Bibliography: Week 4

Pickering, K. T., & Hiscott, R. (2015). Deep marine systems : processes, deposits, environments, tectonic and sedimentation. Chapter 1. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com

Transportation is one of the marine processes. In the first chapter, Pickering and Hiscott discussed how the main processes, including marine are responsible for the physical transport and deposition of sediments from the land areas to the deep sea. The book argued how this transportation is divided into phases. The first phase is the flow of initiation. The second phase is how the characteristics of the transporting current change quickly to what is called a 'quasi-stable equilibrium state'. The third phase is long-distant transport to the 'base of the continental slope'. The final phase is the deposition phase.

Karymbalis, E., Gaki-Papanastassiou, K., Tsanakas, K., & Ferentinou, M. (2016). Geomorphology of the Pinios River delta, Central Greece. Journal Of Maps, 1212-21. doi:10.1080/17445647.2016.1153356

In this article, the authors focused on the changes of the Pinios River delta, Central Greece. The text explained geomorphic and sedimentary environments, in which deltas are an important aspect of it. It acting as a major sink for sediments in the coastal zone, a crucial part of the ecological systems. They observed how the shoreline of the delta has been retreating due to the marine processes. Marine processes are those associated with the actions of waves. This action of waves have cited of the main reason of why there has been coastline changes because of the wave reworking and redistribution of sediments.