Talk:Hummocky cross-stratification

Swaley cross-stratification
The term Swaley cross-stratification is, as far as I know used for very similar structures to HCS, possibly as a variety. It should probably get a mention. Mikenorton (talk) 21:55, 9 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Though I've never seen "Swaley cross-stratification" as a term, I've often heard hummocks and swales grouped together in discussions on HCS.   QFL 24-7 bla ¤ cntrb ¤ kids ¤ pics ¤ vids 21:58, 9 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Here's a recent paper describing the relationship between HCS and SCS, . Mikenorton (talk) 22:39, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

photos are not representative of HCS
The photographs in this article are not representative of hummocky cross-stratification, with the possible exception of the second one, in which it is hard to see anything. The top photo is ripple, not hummocky scale (see text description). The bottom two are isolated sand lenses that don't really illustrate the nature of HCS. Geoscriptor (talk) 22:17, 26 May 2012 (UTC)