sealing-wax structure

A primary sedimentary flow structure produced by slumping, characterized by the lack of a sharply defined slip plane at the base or a contemporaneous erosion plane at the top, and occupying a zone of highly fluid contortion in an otherwise normal sedimentary succession.

Related terms:

• slump structure
• pell-mell structure
• flaser structure
• imbricate structure
• flow structure
• primary sedimentary structure
• cone-in-cone structure
• pillow structure
• directional structure
• earth wax