prodeltaic

English

Etymology

pro- +‎ deltaic

Adjective

prodeltaic (not comparable)

1. Relating to a prodelta
   • 2015 December 1, “Infaunal Benthic Communities from the Inner Shelf off Southwestern Africa Are Characterised by Generalist Species”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The gravels, initially deposited by surf-zone processes during the Pleistocene low stands in this area were drowned by quartzose sands, and then the prodeltaic silts and clays deposited by the seaward prograding-feather edge of the Holocene Orange Delta were subsequently integrated into the delta-front by bioturbation.

Anagrams

• arctolepid, calopterid