Impossible Geology

P. Kyle House, PhD., Surficial Geologic Mapping Specialist / Geomorphologist

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The Mitchell Delta, in Victoria, Australia is a pathological example of a digitate delta.  The silt jetties that it has deposited take the delta channel almost completely across Lake King.The flashearth image is here. 

The Mitchell Delta, in Victoria, Australia is a pathological example of a digitate delta.  The silt jetties that it has deposited take the delta channel almost completely across Lake King.

The flashearth image is here. 

Mitchell Delta

April 04, 2010 by Kyle House
April 04, 2010 /Kyle House
delta, fluvial
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