Artigo Revisado por pares

The orientation of concavo-convex particles deposited from experimental turbidity currents

1967; Society for Sedimentary Geology; Volume: 37; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1306/74d716a4-2b21-11d7-8648000102c1865d

ISSN

1938-3681

Autores

Gerard V. Middleton,

Tópico(s)

Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Resumo

ABSTRACT A substantial proportion (23-69%) of concavo-convex particles deposited from experimental turbidity currents assumed concave up or standing on end positions. The proportion was largest for the high concentration flows. Similar orientations are observed in graded beds in the Ventura basin, California and elsewhere: such orientations cannot be produced in sediments moved by traction (for example, deep ocean currents).

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