0 past simple and past participle of braid --
1 to join three or more pieces of hair or string-like material by putting them over each other in a special pattern: --
The pattern of upward-fining cycles is similar to that of a braided river, but the internal texture of the gravels shows that debris flow processes were dominant during deposition.
The association of coarse-grained overbank facies and channel-fill sandstone facies with sheet-like body geometries indicate that this member is made up of the deposits of a braided river/braidplain system.
Microlites form braided flow patterns.
An interesting and informative departure from the scope of most collections of sedimentology papers is the inclusion of two papers on the ecology of braided rivers.
To the sedimentary geologist, this provides an insight into the ichnofauna associated with braided river deposits and hence a further tool for the reconstruction of ancient fluvial environments.
Frequent intercalations of muddy shales between the cross-bedded or laminated fine-grained sandstones exclude the interpretation of formation by a braided river system for this part of the basin.
The remaining upper part of the unit displays a sudden change in sedimentary environment from a braided to meandering environment.
The successions represent two deepening-upward sequences, both starting as fluvial (braided river) systems and ending as shallow marine tidally dominated environments.
