(from the article `river`) ...now the Great Salt Lake of Utah. Although Gilbert examined small deltas along the margins of the ancient lake, the stratigraphic sequence he ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/62
Layer of sediments deposited over surface of a delta, nearly horizontal and covering the tops of the inclined foreset beds. Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22327