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

Cross-Bedding, Bedforms, and Paleocurrents

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Figure 78. Simulation of perfectly longitudinal bedforms with sinuous plan forms, superimposed peaks, and planar troughs.  The bedforms reverse in asymmetry; plan-form sinuosities and peaks migrate along-crest.

Figure 78. Simulation of perfectly longitudinal bedforms with sinuous plan forms, superimposed peaks, and planar troughs.  The bedforms reverse in asymmetry; plan-form sinuosities and peaks migrate along-crest.

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