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Cross-bedding, bedforms,and paleocurrents The on-line version of Cross-Bedding, Bedforms, and Paleocurrents, with computer images, photographic images, and text. (Score: 1.000)

Bedform sedimentology Bedform sedimentology home page with links to information sedimentary structures including, explanatory text, computer-generated images and movies, photographs, and bedform-simulation software. (Score: 0.690)

Southern California Areal Mapping Project (SCAMP): find geologic maps Download digital geologic databases produced by the Southern California Areal Mapping Project (SCAMP) or view SCAMP work in progress by clicking on 1:100,000-scale, 30x60 quadrangles. (Score: 0.484)

Stratigraphy of the Proterozoic Revett Formation, Coeur dAlene district, Idaho (Score: 0.472)

Borehole Velocity Measurements at Five Sites That Recorded the Cape Mendocino, California Earthquake of 25 April, 1992 (Score: 0.355)

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About stratigraphic sections:

Definition: Sequence of rock units found in a given region either at the surface (such as a sea cliff, stream bank, or road cut) or below it (as in a drilled well or mine shaft; a local geologic column. [Adapted from Glossary of Geology, 4th ed.]

Used for: geologic sections, geologic units, sections (geologic), sections (stratigraphic)