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Geo 1Figure 1 – Cartoons demonstrating convergence within a channel, with and without associated levee/overbank deposits. (a) Strata within the channel show no significant convergence; (b) strata within the channel converge toward both west and east channel margins. (c ) Strata within the channel do not converge at the margins, but levee/overbank deposits do. (d) A combination of cases (b) and (c), where strata within the channel and levee/overbank deposits both converge at the channel margins. Azimuths of reflection convergence are defined by the color wheel. Interpretation courtesy of AAPG member Supratik Sarkar, University of Oklahoma.