flame structure

noun

A structure left by a type of soft-sediment deformation in which sediment saturated with water flowed upward due to forces put on it from above.

Meanings

nounflame structure (plural flame structures)

plural flame structures

  1. geographyA structure left by a type of soft-sediment deformation in which sediment saturated with water flowed upward due to forces put on it from above.
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