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Fig. 9.7. A small example of the profiles constructed from
outcrop data by Hirst (1991). The drawing is at true scale
(without vertical exaggeration), and the complete prof:tle
extends for more than 1 km. Sand bodies are numbered in
order of deposition within the entire profde
k""""" Splay
Sandstone
nnel Sandstone
Crevasse Channel
sse Splay
Fig. 9.8. Stratigraphic section of the Willwood
Formation (Eocene), Wyoming, showing a
compound pedofacies sequence. (Kraus 1987)