Crevasse splay
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crevasse-splay-319-5760701
title:
Crevasse splay
text:
A crevasse splay is a sedimentary fluvial deposit which forms when a stream breaks its natural or artificial levees and deposits sediment on a floodplain. A breach that forms a crevasse splay deposits sediments in similar pattern to an alluvial fan deposit. Once the levee has been breached the water flows out of its channel. As the water spreads onto the flood plain sediments will start to fall out of suspension as the water loses energy. The resulting deposition can create graded deposits simil
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Sediment deposited on a floodplain by a stream which breaks its levees
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crevasse_splay
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2024-04-03T09:01:13Z
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