Hayden Page 34

This is a cross section through a stream meander like the ones you saw in the last slide.
Notice that the amount of energy the stream has to keep particles in suspension increases away from the point bar.
So how does this apply to the alternating siltstones and sandstones we saw at Hayden Butte? Let's fast forward and see what happens when the stream has had several decades to meander.

This is a cross section through a stream meander like the ones you saw in the last slide.