Subaqueous fan

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A subaqueous fan is a fan-shaped deposit formed beneath water (similar to deltas or terrestrial alluvial fans), and are commonly related to glaciers[1] and crater lakes.[2]

Subaqueous fan deposits are generally described as coarse to fine gravel and/or sand, with variable texture and sorting.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Russell, H.A.J.; Arnott, R.W.C. (2003). "Hydraulic-jump and hyperconcentrated-flow deposits of a glacigenic subaqueous fan: Oak Ridges Moraine, southern Ontario, Canada". Journal of Sedimentary Research 73 (6): 887–905. doi:10.1306/041103730887. 
  2. ^ White, James D. L. (1992). "Pliocene subaqueous fans and Gilbert-type deltas in maar crater lakes, Hopi Buttes, Navajo Nation (Arizona), USA". Sedimentology 39 (5): 931–946. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3091.1992.tb02160.x. 
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