Meet the editor

Dr. Gemma Aiello was born in Aversa (CE), Italy, on 24 October 1964. In 1989, she graduated in Geological Sciences at the University of Naples "Federico II". In 1993, she earned a PhD degree in Sedimentary Geology at the University of Naples "Federico II", Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geological Sciences. She completed a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Naples "Federico II", a CNR-CEE fellowship, and several contracts

at the Research Institute "Geomare Sud", CNR, Naples, Italy. Since 1998, she has been a full-time researcher at the Italian CNR. Dr. Aiello has 25 years' experience in the field of sedimentary geology, marine geology, and geophysics, participating in different research projects for the Italian National Research Council (CARG, Vector, Centri Regionali di Competenza). She was a contract professor of sedimentology and stratigraphy at the Parthenope University of Naples, Italy, and a teacher in formation courses of technicians in marine science and engineering in Naples, Italy.

Contents

*by Gemma Aiello*

*by Prince Suka Momta*

Reservoir (China)

in Southeast Asia

Lake Bafa (Mediterranean Sea)

using Contour-Line-Change Model

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 29**

**Chapter 4 49**

**Chapter 5 63**

**Chapter 6 89**

Introductory Chapter: An Introduction to Sedimentary Processes - Examples from Asia, Turkey, and Nigeria

Reservoir, Shallow Offshore Niger Delta, Nigeria

"Geo-archives of a Coastal Lacustrine Eco-system":

Geologic Characteristics and Production Response of the N5.2

*by Özlem Bulkan, Bilgehan Toksoy Ediş and M. Namık Çağatay*

Fingerprinting Sources of the Sediments Deposited in the

Riparian Zone of the Ruxi Tributary Channel of the Three Gorges

*by Zhonglin Shi, Dongchun Yan, Anbang Wen and Yongyan Wang*

A Long-Term Prediction of Beach Changes around River Delta

*by Takaaki Uda, Shiho Miyahara,Toshiro San-nami and Masumi Serizawa*

The Role of Mangroves in Coastal and Estuarine Sedimentary Accretion

*by Punarbasu Chaudhuri, Subhamita Chaudhuri and Raktima Ghosh*
