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- Crevasse_splay abstract "A crevasse splay is a sedimentary fluvial deposit which forms when a stream breaks its natural or artificial levees and deposits sediment on a floodplain. A breach that forms a crevasse splay deposits sediments in similar pattern to an alluvial fan deposit. Once the levee has been breached the water flows out of its channel. As the water spreads onto the flood plain sediments will start to fall out of suspension as the water loses energy. The resulting deposition can create graded deposits similar to those found Bouma sequences. In some cases crevasse splays can cause a river to abandon its old river channel, a process known as avulsion. Breaches that form a crevasse splay deposits occur most commonly on the outside banks of meanders where the water has the highest energy. Crevasse splay deposits can range in size. Larger deposits can be 6 m (20 ft) thick at the levee and spread 2 km (1.2 mi) wide, while smaller deposits may only be 1 cm (0.39 in) thick.".
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageExternalLink 20_Crevasse.jpg.
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageID "8330094".
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageLength "1808".
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageOutDegree "13".
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageRevisionID "615451649".
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLink Alluvial_fan.
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLink Avulsion_(river).
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLink Bouma_sequence.
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fluvial_landforms.
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLink Category:Rivers.
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLink Floodplain.
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLink Fluvial.
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLink Graded_bedding.
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLink Levee.
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLink Levees.
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLink Meander.
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLink Sedimentary.
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLink Sedimentary_rock.
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLinkText "Crevasse splay".
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLinkText "crevasse splay".
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageWikiLinkText "overflows its banks".
- Crevasse_splay hasPhotoCollection Crevasse_splay.
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Convert.
- Crevasse_splay wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Geo-term-stub.
- Crevasse_splay subject Category:Fluvial_landforms.
- Crevasse_splay subject Category:Rivers.
- Crevasse_splay hypernym Deposit.
- Crevasse_splay type Library.
- Crevasse_splay type Landform.
- Crevasse_splay comment "A crevasse splay is a sedimentary fluvial deposit which forms when a stream breaks its natural or artificial levees and deposits sediment on a floodplain. A breach that forms a crevasse splay deposits sediments in similar pattern to an alluvial fan deposit. Once the levee has been breached the water flows out of its channel. As the water spreads onto the flood plain sediments will start to fall out of suspension as the water loses energy.".
- Crevasse_splay label "Crevasse splay".
- Crevasse_splay sameAs m.026_mxf.
- Crevasse_splay sameAs Q5184766.
- Crevasse_splay sameAs Q5184766.
- Crevasse_splay wasDerivedFrom Crevasse_splay?oldid=615451649.
- Crevasse_splay isPrimaryTopicOf Crevasse_splay.