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Fluvial Depositional Features term index

Terms A aggradation aggradational deposit aggradational phase alluvial depositional features alluvial fans alluvial fans and cones alluvial-type fan antecedent stream avalanche B backswamps backswamps/marshes bajadas barrier bars beach ridges bottomset braided channels braided streams C channel lag chute bar chute bars chutes clay plugs coastal barrier coastal barriers cone crevasse crevasse splay crevasse splays cross stratification cross-bedding D delta delta plain deltaic crevasse splays deltaic depositional features deltas deposits of oxbow lakes diapirs distributaries distributary channels E evaporitic salts F fan-shaped alluvial tract flood channels floodplain floodplain deposition floodplain deposits floodplains fluvial depositional features fluvial depositional phase features foreset foreset beds H headwater region (youthful stage) deposition headwater regions helical flow I illivation imbricated pebble sheets islands L lacustrine lateral accretion lateral accretion phase lateral bars longitudinal bars M major stream depositional features marshes meander belt meander loops meander scars meandering meanders middle course mouth bar mouth bars mud lenses N natural levee natural levees O oxbow lake oxbow lake deposits oxbow-lake deposits P peat deposits pediments piedmont alluvial plains plain tract plain tract (old age) deposition planar laminations playa lake playa lakes point bar point bars progradation progradation phase prograding sediments R ripple marks S scour base scour pockets sheetwash features sigmoidal splay stream deposits T tabular thalweg topset topset bedding transverse bars tranverse bars V valley tract (middle course, maturity) depostion vertical accretion Y yazoo-type river

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