Load & flame structures

3D Model

Load & flame structures on the base of a sandstone bed.

Carboniferous Bude Formation, Upton Beach, North Devon, UK. (50.81641 -4.55654)

The bedding plane is 2.88m long x 1.50m wide, and is covered by load structures, with flame structures shown by the darker muds that penetrate upwards into the overlying sands.

Model produced using Scaniverse (https://scaniverse.com/) on an iPhone 13 Pro and processed in MeshLab (https://www.meshlab.net/).

See: Peakall, J. et al. (2024) Flow-induced Interfacial Deformation Structures (FIDS): Implications for the interpretation of palaeocurrents, flow dynamics and substrate rheology, Sedimentology, 71, doi: 10.1111/sed.13219.