Delta and beach bar sand bodies offer new framework for buried shoreline reservoirs

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
New research brings together decades of work on how delta and beach bar systems interact to form composite sand bodies that can host important subsurface reservoirs in lakes and seas. The study examines shoreline environments where river-delivered sands from deltas are reworked by waves, longshore currents, and rip currents as water levels rise and fall. These interacting processes create