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A New Unusual Ice-induced Sedimentary Structure: the Silt Mushroom

A New Unusual Ice-induced Sedimentary Structure: the Silt Mushroom

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A New Unusual Ice-induced Sedimentary Structure: the Silt Mushroom

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A New Unusual Ice-induced Sedimentary Structure: the Silt Mushroom

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

Journal title

Scientific reports, 2016-11, Vol.6 (1), p.36945-36945, Article 36945

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English

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London: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Contents

Upon channel bars or point bars within the lows of the Yellow River, a new sedimentary structure, named ‘silt mushroom’, has been observed. The process of their formation is interpreted to be via the ice process. The name, the silt mushroom comes from their figurative form. This is because they look somewhat similar to mushroom’s in size and shape;...

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A New Unusual Ice-induced Sedimentary Structure: the Silt Mushroom

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5105128

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5105128

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ISSN

2045-2322

E-ISSN

2045-2322

DOI

10.1038/srep36945

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