A paleocurrent or paleocurrent indicator is a geological feature (typically a sedimentary structure) that helps one determine the direction of flowing...
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like in ancient times. The direction the beds are dipping indicates paleocurrent, the rough direction of sediment transport. The type and condition of...
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cross-stratification, with the structure dipping in the direction of the paleocurrent. In tidal areas, which have bidirectional flow, structures are formed...
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duness graded bedding ripple marks Alluvial fan Alluvial river Fault Fold Paleocurrent indicators sole markings imbrication River delta Sediment–water interface...
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duness graded bedding ripple marks Alluvial fan Alluvial river Fault Fold Paleocurrent indicators sole markings imbrication River delta Sediment–water interface...
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"Transported trees from the 1982 Mount St. Helens sediment flows: Their use as paleocurrent indicators". Sedimentary Geology (scientific). 42 (1, 2): 49–64. Bibcode:1985SedG...
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related to paleoflow direction. Wadell found the long axis aligned with paleocurrent, and dipping basinward in glacial sediments, whereas deltaic gravels...
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Caborca region, Sonora, Mexico; physical stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, paleocurrent studies, and regional relations" (PDF). Geological Survey Professional...
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a particular depositional environment and may provide information on paleocurrent directions. In metamorphic rocks associated with the deeper levels of...
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duness graded bedding ripple marks Alluvial fan Alluvial river Fault Fold Paleocurrent indicators sole markings imbrication River delta Sediment–water interface...
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their distinctive shapes, they can make useful way up structures and paleocurrent indicators. Sole markings are found most commonly in turbidite deposits...
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duness graded bedding ripple marks Alluvial fan Alluvial river Fault Fold Paleocurrent indicators sole markings imbrication River delta Sediment–water interface...
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across sedimentary strata. Bedding Plane Structures are commonly used as paleocurrent indicators. They are formed when sediment has been deposited and then...
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susceptibility (AMS) within a sample determines parameters as directions of paleocurrents, maturity of paleosol, flow direction of magma injection, tectonic strain...
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the provenance and paleoclimatic conditions during the Miocene. The paleocurrent direction, textural immaturity and framework detrital modes of sandstones...
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available in the squamate fossil record. Almeida et al. (2024) provide new paleocurrent measurements for the Cretaceous and Paleogene in the eastern Amazonia...
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lithified as a sandstone). The orientation of the lineation is used as a paleocurrent indicator, although the precise flow direction (i.e. upstream vs. downstream)...
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duness graded bedding ripple marks Alluvial fan Alluvial river Fault Fold Paleocurrent indicators sole markings imbrication River delta Sediment–water interface...
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systems that deposited the Torridon Group rocks and the consistency in the paleocurrent directions suggest that most of the sequence was deposited in a single...
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duness graded bedding ripple marks Alluvial fan Alluvial river Fault Fold Paleocurrent indicators sole markings imbrication River delta Sediment–water interface...
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Sohl-Dickstein, J. (2011-04-19). "Reconstruction of eolian bed forms and paleocurrents from cross-bedded strata at Victoria Crater, Meridiani Planum, Mars"...
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Caborca region, Sonora, Mexico; physical stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, paleocurrent studies, and regional relations" (PDF). Geological Survey Professional...
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Caborca region, Sonora, Mexico; physical stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, paleocurrent studies, and regional relations" (PDF). Geological Survey Professional...
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of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, 4th ed. Potter, Pettijohn. (1977) Paleocurrents and Basin Analysis Nichols, Gary. (2009) Sedimentology and Stratigraphy...
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floodplain setting which was fed by bedload-rich large meandering channels. Paleocurrent analysis suggests the sand channels at the time of deposition of the...
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fossils suggests the earlier ones were deposited by a westward flowing paleocurrent while the later ones were laid down in waves. Dinosaur remains consisting...
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are also noted to be largely sedimentary and volcanic in origin. The paleocurrent values for the formation are also highly variable, denoting a high energy...
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Caborca Region, Sonora, Mexico - physical stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, paleocurrent studies, and regional relations. U. S. Geological Survey Professional...
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Caborca Region, Sonora, Mexico - physical stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, paleocurrent studies, and regional relations", U.S. Geological Survey Professional...
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