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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 ...
This glossary of geography terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts used in geography and related fields, including Earth science, oceanography, cartography, and human geography, as well as those describing spatial dimension, topographical features, natural resources, and the collection, analysis, and visualization of geographic ...
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.
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.
A massive section of a new furnace for an oil refinery crept down the M53 on Saturday night.
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
The following are samples of Quebec road signs. [9] [10] [11] A notable difference between Quebec road signs and those of the rest of Canada is Quebec's use of a white chevron on a red background to mark road alignment around a curve, whereas the remainder of the country employs a black chevron on a yellow background.