Microfacies and grain size analysis all indicate that the sandstones are significantly analogous to that of the high-energy clastic coast.

微相和粒度分析都表明其具有明显的高能碎屑海岸的滨海沉积特征。

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Grain orientation tends to be parallel to the coast.

颗粒的排列方向往往是平行于海岸。

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As a result, cars going from factories in Detroit to showrooms in Seattle, or grain from the plains heading for the ports of the east coast, have to sit around for up to 24 hours on sidings in switching yards in Chicago or Sioux City, as the wagons carrying them are uncoupled from one firm's locomotives and shunted to those of another.

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