Fig. 5: Major sedimentary facies representing deposits of the seasonally flooded environments. | Nature Communications

Fig. 5: Major sedimentary facies representing deposits of the seasonally flooded environments.

From: Rainfall and sea level drove the expansion of seasonally flooded habitats and associated bird populations across Amazonia

Fig. 5

a Sets of fine sand with tabular cross stratification (Amazon River near the Madeira River mouth). b Fine sand with tabular cross stratification underlying fine sand layer with low-angle stratification and cross lamination (Solimões River near the Negro River mouth). c Sandy mud with ripple and horizontal heterolithic lamination (Amazon River near the Tapajós River mouth). d Fine sand with tabular cross stratification underlying a set of low-angle stratification (downstream reach of the Tapajós River near Santarém). e Coarse sand with tabular cross stratification (Xingu River near Altamira). f Massive mud (Solimões River near Coari).

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