Flaser beds are a sedimentary, bi-directional, bedding pattern created when a sediment is exposed to intermittent flows, leading to alternating sand and...
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Heterolithic bedding (section Flaser bed)
when the bed is upright. Mud in simple flaser deposits is limited to ripple troughs. Bifurcated flaser bedding occurs when a second flaser is deposited...
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classified by its large quantities of mud relative to sand, whereas a flaser bed consists mostly of sand. The sand formations within the bedding display...
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rippled sandstone. The lenses or ripples in lenticular beds are discontinuous in all directions. Flaser bed – Sedimentary bedding pattern Bates, Robert L.; Jackson...
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clay occurs. This layer contains remains of gastropods and bivalves, flaser bedded finesand laminae, a low number of pedogenic carbonate concretions and...
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that are created by these processes are herringbone cross-stratification, flaser bedding, and interference ripples. Asymmetrical ripple marks These are created...
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than coarse sand. Therefore, the stream beds of sand-bed streams are dominated by current ripples, while gravel-bed streams do not contain bedforms. The...
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Porcupine Gorge (section Betts Creek Beds)
paraconglomerate litharenite layers. In the lower part of the formation flaser cross bedding in fine grained sandstone is found in abundance, however a...
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which are horizontal and wavy bedded. Horizontally laminated and thin bedded fine-grained sandstones as well as flaser- and ripple cross-lamination characterize...
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metre (3.3 ft) thick, occur. These layers contain siltstone beds which locally exhibit flaser bedding, oscillation ripples and hummocky cross-bedding. The...
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