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A meander scar, occasionally meander scarp, [1] is a geological feature formed by the remnants of a meandering water channel. They are characterized by "a crescentic cut in a bluff or valley wall, produced by...a meandering stream." [2][3][4] They are often formed during the creation of oxbow lakes. [5][6][7]
15 kwi 2023 · In the case of a channel belt without an active river channel, we utilize the landform features to identify the likely river character (e.g., meander scars and abandoned meandering river...
15 gru 2023 · In this study, the avulsion pattern was analysed using meander scar mapping in the Pangaili and Deoha (Devha) rivers interfluve to corroborate the occurrence of uplift and its tilting direction, in addition to sinuosity quantification. Meander scar facies orientations were mapped during fieldwork.
12 paź 2023 · Meander scars are oxbows completely filled up with mineral and organic matter. They remain discernible in the landscape for a long time. Classic examples are found along several major rivers of the world, including the Mississippi, the Amazon and the large rivers of Siberia.
26 gru 2021 · The floodplains of meandering rivers show a complex pattern of several generations of truncated meander scars and partly or wholly filled oxbow lakes recording a long history of meandering. Figure 5-40. Development of an oxbow lake by meander cutoff.
30 mar 2024 · The Iruya River deposits particles of silt and clay as it flows into the valley centered in this image. Visible indications of the rivers’ shifting channels include river islands, point bars (on the inside curve of streams), and several meander scars.
25 lut 2019 · Prominent abandoned meander scars can be seen near Saidpur, which is the junction point of the Gomati River, at Varanasi near the confluence of the Varuna River, and at Chunar where the Jirgo River joins the Ganga River from the south (Fig. 5, Fig. 6). At Ghazipur, the river presents an exceptionally straight reach with prominent nick points ...
