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Re: Meanders, Mars, and Fluids.

Here's a classic example of Meandering channels developed at 4 km depth in a deep marine environment...

http://geomorph.ldeo.columbia.edu/margins/images/bathymetry/ACT.boxA.a4.reduced.jpg


Bigger image here showing the meanders Slow download but worth it to see them.

As it happens, I'm off to Jakarta next week to give a course on seabed morphology in varying depositional environments and how to recognise them on seismic data. That should pay for a few hot dinners all round!

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