'Canopy flow' and rangeomorph communities
Canopy flow and rangeomorph communities.
A: Bedding plane, at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, showing the preservation of rangeomorph taxa.
B: Schematic of the reconstructed community showing the velocity gradient (blue arrows) and large Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices.
C: Kelvin- Helmholtz vortices visualised at the boundary between parallel flows of different velocity.
D: The waving of a vegetated canopy produced by Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices.
E: Kelvin-Helmholtz Vortices produced in a cloud layer. Arrows in C-E indicate the relative velocity of flow.
F: 'The Fields' by Vincdent van Gogh was among a number of his paintings inspired by Kelvin-Helholtz behavior of fields and clouds.
Credit: Current Biology
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