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paleoflow

paleoflow noun: the direction and characteristics of ancient water flow, as inferred from sedimentary structures and features such as ripple marks, crossbedding, and imbricated clasts.

Noun

paleoflow (plural paleoflows)

  1. The direction and characteristics of ancient water flow, as inferred from sedimentary structures and features such as ripple marks, crossbedding, and imbricated clasts.
    • ... paleoflow directions; white arrows denote inferred drainage directions. Paleoflow data for the Healy quadrangle from the following sources : lower part of the Cantwell Formation, Trop (1996) and Ridgway and others (1997); upper[…]1984, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, page 40
    • PALEOFLOW PATTERNS / A total of 115 paleoflow measurements were obtained in the study area. About 60% of the measurements are considered accurate […]1994, Incised Paleovalleys of the Douglas Group in Northeastern Kansas: Field Guide and Related Contributions

Examples of paleoflow in a sentence

  • Assuming that fault activity did result in the anomalous-trending paleoflows, we have used the stratigraphic thicknesses of the units for which we[…]2002, Frank R. Ettensohn, Nicholas Rast, Carlton Elliot Brett, Ancient Seismites, Geological Society of America, →ISBN, pages 149, 158:
  • ... paleoflow was to the southwest for the Todagin assemblage, but may have changed to south-southeast there during deposition of the Eaglenest deltaic assemblage (Fig. 139, 141).2005, C. A. Evenchick, Derek John Thorkelson, Geology of the Spatsizi River Map Area, North-central British Columbia, Natural Resources...

Forms of paleoflow

pluralpaleoflows

Origin of paleoflow

From paleo- + flow.

Questions about paleoflow

What does paleoflow mean?
Paleoflow means the direction and characteristics of ancient water flow, as inferred from sedimentary structures and features such as ripple marks, crossbedding, and imbricated clasts.
How do you use paleoflow in a sentence?
Assuming that fault activity did result in the anomalous-trending paleoflows, we have used the stratigraphic thicknesses of the units for which we[…]
What part of speech is paleoflow?
Paleoflow is a noun.
What is the plural of paleoflow?
The plural of paleoflow is paleoflows.

Words near paleoflow in the dictionary

  1. paleoflood
  2. paleoflora
  3. paleofloral
  4. paleofloras
  5. paleofloristic
  6. paleoflow
  7. paleoflows
  8. paleofluid
  9. paleofluvial
  10. paleoforensic
  11. paleoforest

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