Gi had been of wood, spread across a delta plain between two gentle hills.
The topset bed is subdivided into two regions: the upper delta plain and the lower delta plain.
There is a progressive transition in the depositional environment from subaqueous fans, through fan deltas and shoreface to delta plain.
Industrial and agricultural modification to the delta plain has resulted in significant wetland loss.
The upper part of the delta plain is heavily populated.
Çukurova is the largest and most fertile delta plain in Turkey.
It has been estimated that the delta plains are built up at the rate of nearly twenty centimeters in a century.
The sediment of the lower delta plain is primarily advected inland by monsoonal coastal setup and cyclonic events.
There was a significant fall in sea level, and huge valley systems were carved beneath an ice sheet that extended over much of the delta plain.
The upper member is inferred to have accumulated in the delta plain, delta front, and mouth-bar of an ancient delta.