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A chevron is a wedge-shaped sediment deposit observed on coastlines and continental interiors around the world. The term chevron was originally used independently by Maxwell and Haynes [1] and Hearty and others [2] for large, V-shaped, sub-linear to parabolic landforms in southwestern Egypt and on islands in the eastern, windward Bahamas.
Exit gore on Interstate 95 in Connecticut. Note the theoretical gore has been marked with chevrons. In road and highway construction, a gore (or nose in modern British English) [1] is a triangular plot of land as designated when a road forks at the intersection with second road, or merges on and off from a larger one. A "virtual" (or ...
Chevron folding preferentially occurs when the bedding regularly alternates between contrasting competences. [1] Turbidites, characterized by alternating high-competence sandstones and low-competence shales, provide the typical geological setting for chevron folds to occur. Perpetuation of the fold structure is not geometrically limited.
Chevron (aerospace), sawtooth patterns on some jet engines; Chevron (anatomy), a bone; Eulithis testata, a moth; Chevron (geology), a fold in rock layers; Chevron (land form), a sediment deposit across the Earth's surface; Chevron nail, a rare transient fingernail ridge pattern seen in children; Chevron plot, a way of representing data
See three-way junction 5-1-1 A transportation and traffic information telephone hotline in some regions of the United States and Canada that was initially designated for road weather information. A Access road See frontage road Advisory speed limit A speed recommendation by a governing body. All-way stop or four-way stop An intersection system where traffic approaching it from all directions ...
A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places that has been surfaced or otherwise improved to allow travel by foot or some form of conveyance, including a motor vehicle, cart, bicycle, or horse.
Access to water transportation shaped the geography of early settlements and boundaries. For example, the Erie Canal escalated the boundary dispute called the Toledo War between Ohio and Michigan in the 1830s. The disputed Erie Triangle was awarded to Pennsylvania, giving that state access to Lake Erie.
In urban areas, roads may pass through a city or village and be named as streets, serving a dual function as urban space easement and route. [4] The most common road vehicle is the automobile; a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. Other users of roads include buses, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians. As of 2002 ...