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6.2.6: Sole Marks, Burrows, and Miscellaneous

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    Sole Marks

    PebbleScours.JPg

    Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Modern Scour Marks Downstream of Pebbles

    SoleMarks.jpg

    Figure \(\PageIndex{2}\): Sole Marks

    SoleMarks1.jpg

    Figure \(\PageIndex{3}\): Sole Marks

    GlacialPavement.jpg

    Figure \(\PageIndex{4}\): Scratch Marks on a Glacial Pavement

    LassenGlacialStriae.jpg

    Figure \(\PageIndex{5}\): Glacial striae from the last glacial maximum on the slope of the old Mt. Tehama


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    Burrows

    Burrows1.jpg

    Figure \(\PageIndex{6}\): Burrows

    Burrows2.jpg

    Figure \(\PageIndex{7}\): Burrows

    Burrows3.jpg

    Figure \(\PageIndex{8}\): Burrows


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    Miscellaneous

    Rain_on_flour.jpg

    Figure \(\PageIndex{9}\): Rain marks on glacial flour that look a lot like "wrinkle structures", usually interpreted as microbial fossils.


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