U.S. Geological Survey

Slide 19 19. Typical small dike in vertical section. Note the destruction of bedding in the white source sand, located just beneath the grey silt cap. For such small dikes, however, disturbance to bedding in the source bed is hardly discernible and even cannot be seen at most sites.


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