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FIG. 56. Structure formed by straight-crested longitudinal bedforms with superimposed, sinuous, out-of-phase transverse bedforms. |
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RECOGNITION: In sections parallel to the main bedform crestlines, this structure looks like simple climbing-ripple structures, whereas in sections normal to the main bedform crestlines, the structure appears to have been deposited by vertically stacked bedforms. |
ORIGIN: As with other longitudinal bedforms, formation of this structure requires the unusual situation where sediment is transported into a depositional area without migration of the bedforms in that area. |
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Modified: 17 October 2006 (lzt)