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Alluvial fans are developed at valley exits. They are formed mainly by the current scour of temporary flood and are characterized by a limited scope, shape similar to a conical piedmont, and coarse fragmented debris. They scatter radially from the valley entry to the basin, and the plane form of an alluvial fan appears similar to a cone or a fan.
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Yu, X., Li, S., Li, S. (2018). Alluvial Fan Depositional System. In: Clastic Hydrocarbon Reservoir Sedimentology. Advances in Oil and Gas Exploration & Production. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70335-0_8
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