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MARQUE COURANT DOS CUILLERE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

A term used by Clarke (1918) and Shrock (1948 ...) for a spatulate or lingulate sedimentary structure (cast) resembling the bowl of an inverted spoon and believed to develop on a beach by ebbing tidal currents or retreating storm waves of the intertidal zone. The structure is now considered to be a "flute cast" formed by current action.

Key term(s)
  • lobate rillmark
  • flute mark
  • flute-mark

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

Type de figure d'affouillement dont la contre-empreinte est ogivale (...) linguiforme, plus ou moins bulbeuse et dissymétrique (...) Ces figures peuvent être isolées, parallèles, coalescentes (...) chevauchantes. En section, on peut y observer un granoclassement (...)

Key term(s)
  • marque en dos de cuillère

Spanish

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