The effect of sediment type on the shape and stratification of some modern fluvial deposits

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Abstract
The percent silt-clay in sediment appears to be indicative of some physical properties of that sediment. Silt-clay is defined as that material passing the 200 mesh sieve or smaller than 0.074 mm. The shape of a stream channel cross section is found to be inversely related to the weighted mean percent silt-clay in channel banks and floor. The shape of paleochannels and their included channel-fill deposits may be similarly related to sediment type. Observations along actively aggrading streams suggest that the stratification of channel fill deposits may also be related to the percent silt-clay in these deposits. Stratification planes may be concave in channel fills composed of predominant silt-clay, whereas, they may be horizontal where the silt-clay content of the alluvium is small, and even convex in those channel fills with negligible silt-clay.
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Authors Stanley A. Schumm
Journal american journal of science
Year 1960
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10.2475/ajs.258.3.177
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https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.258.3.177
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