A bedform is a geological feature that develops at the interface of fluid and a moveable bed, the result of bed material being moved by fluid flow. Examples...
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An antidune is a bedform found in fluvial and other channeled environments. Antidunes occur in supercritical flow, meaning that the Froude number is greater...
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cross-strata. Cross-bedding forms during deposition on the inclined surfaces of bedforms such as ripples and dunes; it indicates that the depositional environment...
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Hall, Minard; Ramón, Patricio; Dingwell, Donald B. (2013-10-13). "Dune bedforms produced by dilute pyroclastic density currents from the August 2006 eruption...
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Sedimentary structures (section Bedforms vs. flow)
varying speeds and velocities produce different structures, are called bedforms. In the lower flow regime, the natural progression is from a flat bed,...
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In geology, ripple marks are sedimentary structures (i.e., bedforms of the lower flow regime) and indicate agitation by water (current or waves) or directly...
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characteristic of turbidity currents. The surface of a particular bed, called the bedform, can also be indicative of a particular sedimentary environment. Examples...
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regolith components identified at landing sites. Typical examples include: bedform (a feature that develops at the interface of fluid and a moveable bed such...
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represented by sand-flow maps. These are based on meteorological observations, bedform orientations, and trends of yardangs. They are analogous to drainage maps...
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next blows in the dominant direction. Draas are very large-scale dune bedforms; they may be tens or a few hundreds of metres in height, kilometres wide...
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