Cyclic steps are rhythmic bedforms that develop when sediment laden water flowing downslope experiences a Froude super critical flow instability, producing a type of sediment wave whose individual steps each have a steep drop and that together migrate upstream over time. The phenomenon was first shown to occur on the ocean floor in 2006, after having been observed more than a decade earlier in open channel flows on land.
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Caused By: Sedimentation, Lead sentence
They are a type of sediment wave, and are created when supercritical sediment-laden water (turbidity currents) travels downslope through sediment beds.
In Discipline: Sedimentology, Lead sentence
Cyclic steps are rhythmic bedforms associated with Froude super-critical flow instability.
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