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Sedimentary structures

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The complexities of transport and depositional processes, about which much is known and much remains unknown, are subjects for more advanced texts. Nonetheless, physical factors contributing to the origin of certain common types of sedimentary structure are introduced here to give a flavour of the relationships between the two.

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Greensmith, J.T. (1989). Sedimentary structures. In: Petrology of the Sedimentary Rocks. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9640-6_3

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