“…These deltas have attracted considerable research interest during the last three decades or so, including modern cases (Prior et al ., ; Kostaschuk & McCann, ; Prior & Bornhold, , , ; Corner et al ., ; Bell, ; Saito, ) and many ancient examples (Postma, ; Postma & Roep, ; Colella, ,b; Postma & Cruickshank, ; Colella & Prior, ; Ori et al ., ; Dart et al ., ; Dorsey et al ., ; Massari, ; Chough & Hwang, ; Sohn et al ., ; Nemec et al ., ; Dorsey & Umhoefer, ; Lønne et al ., ; Lønne & Nemec, ; Ilgar & Nemec, ; Mortimer et al ., ; García‐García et al ., ; Breda et al ., ; Ford et al ., ; Longhitano, ; Backert et al ., ; Eilertsen et al ., ; Ilgar et al ., ; Gobo et al ., ), as well as computer modelling (Muto & Steel, ; Syvitski & Daughney, ; Hardy et al ., ; Uličný et al ., ) and laboratory experiments (Kleinhans, ; Rohais et al ., ; Bijkerk et al ., ; Ferrer‐Boix et al ., ). A comprehensive review of the delta‐slope processes and facies was given by Nemec (), including the origin of slope chutes, gullies and cross‐strata backsets (Fig.…”