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VOL. 30, NO. 3, SEPTEMBER 2017
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FROM THE GUEST EDITORS. Introduction to the Special Issue on
Sedimentary Processes Building a Tropical Delta Yesterday, Today, and
Tomorrow: The Mekong System
By C.A. Nittrouer, J.C. Mullarney, M.A. Allison, and A.S. Ogston
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How Tidal Processes Impact the Transfer of Sediment from Source to Sink:
Mekong River Collaborative Studies
By A.S. Ogston, M.A. Allison, R.L. McLachlan, D.J. Nowacki, and J.D. Stephens
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A Question of Scale: How Turbulence Around Aerial Roots Shapes the
Seabed Morphology in Mangrove Forests of the Mekong Delta
By J.C. Mullarney, S.M. Henderson, B.K. Norris, K.R. Bryan, A.T. Fricke,
D.R. Sandwell, and D.P. Culling
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Buried Alive or Washed Away: The Challenging Life of Mangroves in
the Mekong Delta
By S. Fagherazzi, K.R. Bryan, and W. Nardin
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The Mekong Continental Shelf: The Primary Sink for Deltaic Sediment
Particles and Their Passengers
By C.A. Nittrouer, D.J. DeMaster, E.F. Eidam, T.T. Nguyen, J.P. Liu, A.S. Ogston,
and P.V. Phung
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Challenges of Observational Oceanography in the Modern Coastal Ocean
By C.A. Nittrouer
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Stratigraphic Formation of the Mekong River Delta and Its Recent
Shoreline Changes
By J.P. Liu, D.J. DeMaster, T.T. Nguyen, Y. Saito, V.L. Nguyen, T.K.O. Ta, and X. Li
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Modeling the Process Response of Coastal and Deltaic Systems to Human
and Global Changes: Focus on the Mekong System
By E. Meselhe, D. Roelvink, C. Wackerman, F. Xing, and V.Q. Thanh
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Sedimentation and Survival of the Mekong Delta: A Case Study of Decreased
Sediment Supply and Accelerating Rates of Relative Sea Level Rise
By M.A. Allison, C.A. Nittrouer, A.S. Ogston, J.C. Mullarney, and T.T. Nguyen
SPECIAL ISSUE ON
Sedimentary Processes Building a Tropical Delta Yesterday,
Today, and Tomorrow: The Mekong System
Oceanography | September 2017