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March 06, 2022 • 06:00 am 30 points
  • IIT JAM
  • Geology (GG)

Write a short note on paleocurrent for different sedimentary environment.

write a short note on Paleocurrent for different sedimentary environment.

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    A palaeocurrent indicator is evidence for the direction of flow at the time the sediment was deposited, and may also be referred to as the palaeo flow. Palaeoflow data are used in conjunction with facies analysis and provenance studies to make palaeogeographic reconstructions. The data are routinely collected when making a sedimentary log, but additional palaeocurrent data may also be collected from localities that have not been logged in order to increase the size of the data set. Few examples are given.

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