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BED THICKNESS AND GRAIN SIZE: CROSS‐BEDDING
Author(s) -
SCHEIDEGGER ADRIAN E.,
POTTER PAUL EDWIN
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
sedimentology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.494
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1365-3091
pISSN - 0037-0746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3091.1967.tb01304.x
Subject(s) - geology , grain size , bedding , turbulence , mineralogy , geotechnical engineering , geomorphology , mechanics , physics , horticulture , biology
SUMMARY Qualitative and quantitative observations show a general positive correlation between grain size and thickness of cross‐bedded units. Greater sand‐wave height correlates with greater turbulence which permits more and coarser grains to be transported. A theory is developed which qualitatively explains these relationships.