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features > physiographic features > sedimentary structures > bed forms > sand patches

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Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

sand patches  

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  • Information A thin layer of aeolian drift sand deposit (of uniform grain-size distribution) concentrated in a round or ellipsoid shape, usually rising slightly above a surrounding (higher-roughness) surface but without any slip-face development or evidence of lee-side flow separation.

    Created: 2/14/23

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