Taylor and Francis Group, Journal of Hydraulic Research, 3(51), p. 284-292, 2013
DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2012.762554
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A physically-based moving boundary model of deltaic progradation is developed. Surface of the axially symmetric, ineer delta is free to grow or shrink in time, while the sediment source is allowed to migrate along the streamwise direction. Particularly, the model developed here captures the control of a downstream migrating sediment source on lateral extent of the delta. Along this line, the modeling results provide insight into the sedimentation processes associated with elongated fan-delta systems. Further calculations allow determine the influence of ratio between water and sediment discharges on delta morphology. The model uses appropriately the laboratory observations described in a companion paper.