prodelta
English
Etymology
Noun
prodelta (plural prodeltas)
- The part of a river delta that is furthest offshore and in which deposition is slowest
- 2015 December 1, “Infaunal Benthic Communities from the Inner Shelf off Southwestern Africa Are Characterised by Generalist Species”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- The sediments are mainly of terrigenous origin, and on the prodelta of the Orange River they are laminated and have a dominant fluvial input [27 ].