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Foreset profiles of deltaic topography change corresponding to hydraulic conditions,and are influenced by water discharge and change rates of water discharge.To investigate the correlation between the transition of deposition rates on the foreset and the change rate of water discharge of temporary waxing and subsequent waning flows,we perform experiments on silty deltas that developed under several different hydrographic patterns.The findings are as follows:(1) Under flows with constant discharge,the deposition rate on the foreset was low at high water discharge and high at low water discharge because the separated flow became vigorous at high water discharge and prevented sediment supply onto the foreset.If the water discharge is not constant,the deposition rate shifted concurrently with water discharge only at extremely low change rate.(2i) In a waxing flow at low(but not extremely low) increase rate,the deposition rate gradually decreased with some time lag.(2ii) In the case of high increase discharge,intense erosion on the topset caused by rapid waxing made a large amount of silt move onto the foreset and the deposition rate temporary increased.(3) With ample time after waning stage,the deposition rate recovered to that at constant low water discharge in all runs.However,the transitional processes depended on not only waning rate but also waxing rate at before waning stage.(3i) In the case of high decrease rate of water discharge,the deposition rate abruptly decreased regardless of increase rate.(3ii) Even in the case of low decrease rate of water discharge,if the increase rate before waning stage was high,the deposition rate abruptly decreased.(3iii) Only in the case where both the increase rate and the decrease rate were low,deposition rate gradually increased.