Abstract
this paper documents a previously unrecorded type of leaf deposit, comprising essentially monospecific linear accumulations of Colophospermum mopane leaves on a point bar of the ehemeral Hoanib River, NW Namibia. In these "Leaf jams", leaf laminae stand on edge, orientated more-or-less normal to bedding. Leaf-jams, whisch formed upstream of cobbles, clumps of grass and sticks wedged against the former two, were orientated subparallel to the adjacent meandering river-bed, such that over the 40 m of their occurence, their mean azimuth changed by 59° anticlockwise downstream.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 195-203 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | International Journal of Coal Geology |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105118 Palaeontology
- 105101 General geology