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Bedform Sedimentology Site: “Bedforms and Cross-Bedding in Animation”

Cross-Bedding, Bedforms, and Paleocurrents

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Figure 42a. Structures formed by bedforms with along-crest- migrating in-phase sinuosities.  Rate of along-crest migration of sinuosities is equal to the rate of lateral migration of the main bedform.

Figure 42a. Structures formed by bedforms with along-crest- migrating in-phase sinuosities.  Rate of along-crest migration of sinuosities is equal to the rate of lateral migration of the main bedform.

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