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Internal Directional Structures and Shape of Sedimentary Bodies up to 1963

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Internal directional structures and the shapes of most, if not all, sedimentary deposits are the joint response to the depositing medium, especially its prevailing direction of transport.

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  1. Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Old Tech Building, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, USA

    Prof. Paul Edwin Potter

  2. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA

    Prof. Francis J Pettijohn

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Potter, P.E., Pettijohn, F.J. (1977). Internal Directional Structures and Shape of Sedimentary Bodies up to 1963. In: Paleocurrents and Basin Analysis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61887-1_12

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