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Understanding Braided Streams in Geology - Channel Morphology & Sediment Dynamics

Explore the characteristics, classification, and architecture of braided streams in sedimentology and stratigraphy. Study channel forms, braiding parameters, and common bar forms in braided stream environments.

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Understanding Braided Streams in Geology - Channel Morphology & Sediment Dynamics

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  1. SACRAMENTO STATE Geology 103ASedimentology and StratigraphyTim HornerGeology Department, CSU Sacramento Lecture #11: Channel morphology, Braided streams Reading assignment: Boggs, 5th ed., pp. 215-220

  2. Channel form: • straight • braided • meandering From Reineck and Singh, 1980 p. 259

  3. Braiding parameter: From Reineck and Singh, 1980 p. 258

  4. Channel classification: From Reineck and Singh, Depositional sedimentary environments (1980) p. 259

  5. Types of braided streams: From Boggs, 4th edition, Figure 8.10, p. 255 From Miall (1978) Fluvial sedimentology, p. 600

  6. Braided streams: Sources: http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10z.html http://www.uoregon.edu/~millerm/braided.html

  7. Steep gradient: From Reineck and Singh, Depositional sedimentary environments (1980) p. 258

  8. Braided stream architecture: From Davis (1992) Depositional systems, p. 218

  9. Braided stream architecture: From Boggs, 5th edition, Figure 8.11, p. 211

  10. Common bar forms in braided streams: From Boggs, 2nd edition?, p. 309

  11. Paleocurrents in braided streams: From Boggs, 3rd edition, p. 312

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