Origin and depositional characteristics of supported conglomerates

ZHANG Changmin,SONG Xinmin,WANG Xiaojun,WANG Xulong,ZHAO Kang,SHUANG Qi,LI Shaohua

Fig. 3. Formation environments and characteristics of supported gravels. (a) Supported gravel (above the ruler) in the modern deposits of the Baiyanghe river bank; (b) Gravel ripples formed by wind reworking of sediments on the dry riverbed in the suburb of Karamay; (c) Aeolian gravelly sand ripples about 20 cm long and 1 to 5 cm high (composed of fine gravels 2 to 5 mm in diameter) on the surface of the Jinghe River; (d) Well-sorted gravel in inter-inter-distributary channel in the Huangyangquan alluvial fan, Wuerhe area, Xinjiang; (e) Gobi deserts of tens to hundreds of meters long in the inter-inter-distributary channel area of the middle Baiyanghe alluvial fan; (f) Supported gravels in gravel banks in the middle Baiyanghe alluvial fan.