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On the Holocene evolution of the Ayeyawady megadelta
Liviu Giosan
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Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic, Woods Hole, USA
Thet Naing
Department of Geology, Pathein University, Pathein, Myanmar
Myo Min Tun
Department of Geology, University of Mandalay, Mandalay, Myanmar
Peter D. Clift
Geology & Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
Florin Filip
The Institute for Fluvial and Marine Systems, Bucharest, Romania
Stefan Constantinescu
Geography Department, Bucharest University, Bucharest, Romania
Nitesh Khonde
Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic, Woods Hole, USA
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
Jerzy Blusztajn
Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic, Woods Hole, USA
Jan-Pieter Buylaert
DTU Nutech, Center for Nuclear Technologies, Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
Thomas Stevens
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Swe Thwin
Department of Marine Science, Mawlamyine University, Mawlamyine, Myanmar
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Short summary
Here we provide the first results on the evolution of the Ayeyarwady delta, the last unstudied megadelta of Asia. In addition to its intrinsic value as a founding study on the Holocene development of this region, we advance new ideas on the climate control of monsoonal deltas as well as describe for the first time a feedback mechanism between tectonics and tidal hydrodynamics that can explain the peculiarities of the Ayeyarwady delta.
Here we provide the first results on the evolution of the Ayeyarwady delta, the last unstudied...
