Sheet floods such as those that occurred in 1976 are principal agents.
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And when it floods, it sheet floods _ not very deep, but it goes on forever.
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In 2009, Rinehart " et al . " noted that in one case the " Coelophysis " specimens were " washed into a topographic low containing a small pond, where they probably drowned and were buried by a sheet flood event from a nearby river ."
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The presence of these types of facies suggest active channels, crevasse splays, sheet floods, and floodplains with paleosols and lakes . Thick and laterally pervasive units of fine-grained sediments, formed as suspension fall-out on the floodplain, indicating low-energy conditions and a relatively gentle surface gradient in the area, are by far the most common sedimentary component.