Abstract
In the coastal zone of NE Java, two important rivers debouch into the sea, less than 100 km from each other. The discharge and transport of appreciable amounts of sediment is, due to the monsoonal climate, mainly restricted to the wet season. The input of sediment by both the Solo and Porong rivers has resulted in the rapid outgrowth of two extensive, but morphologically quite different delta systems. The Solo delta is characterized as a highly mud-dominated and rapidly prograding single finger delta, a specimen of a high-constructive, elongate delta type. In spite of several bifurcations in the past, the present Solo delta is made up of one straight, major channel. Lateral migration of the channel and the formation of crevasses is largely counteracted by the huge amount of cohesive and consolidated silts and clays along the channel, partly forming pronounced levees. The subaqueous topography of the delta front displays a number of small-scale bottom features related to post-depositional processes of sediment transport.
The Porong delta is characterized as a lobate multidistributary delta. The input of sand by the Porong river has resulted in the development of a triangular mouth bar complex, with a number of braided, subtidal channels. Both deltas are still subject to further growth and development, though the growth rates for both deltas differ substantially.
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Hoekstra, P. (1989). The development of two major Indonesian river deltas: morphology and sedimentary aspects of the Solo and Porong delta, East Java. In: van der Linden, W.J.M., Cloetingh, S.A.P.L., Kaasschieter, J.P.K., van de Graaff, W.J.E., Vandenberghe, J., van der Gun, J.A.M. (eds) Coastal Lowlands. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1064-0_9
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