Subaqueous fan
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Subaqueous fan
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A subaqueous fan is a fan-shaped deposit formed beneath water, that is commonly related to glaciers and crater lakes. Subaqueous fan deposits are generally described as coarse to fine gravel and/or sand, with variable texture and sorting.
Underflows tend to produce subaqueous fans with channels and levees. Subaqueous fans can be formed by the influence of glacier movement and by underwater currents typically found at a river delta. The sediment size and composition that makes up the subaqueous f
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Type of sediment deposit
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2024-03-28T03:54:41Z
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