Armoured mud balls as a result of ephemeral fluvial flood in a humid climate: Modern example from Guizhou Province, South China

Armoured mud balls were observed after rainfall and a short flood in the otherwise dry Xiaohe (small river) valley of Guanling County, Guizhou Province, South China, approximately 30 km southwest of Guanling City. Armoured mud balls are most common in semiarid climates, but rather unusual in a humid...

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Main Author: Gerhard H. Bachmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2014-10-01
Series:Journal of Palaeogeography
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095383615300936