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Chris Cotrell explains why many so-called “Carolina Bays” are actually pseudo formations — Playa lakes formed by river floods. As water flows and swirls across valleys, it creates circular patterns that look like bays, but the data proves otherwise. Even with precise least-squares analysis, they’re never close to the true Carolina Bay shape or alignment. Full episode here : https://youtu.be/T91_7PIKtmE #austinandmattpodcast #austinandmatt #podcastclips #podcast #Geology #Science #CarolinaBays #EarthScience #Rivers #NaturalPatterns #Research #flood
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I call those pseudo Carolina bays. I can show them that like no those are pia lakes which is in a river valley and the river will flood and as the water's running over it'll cause water to swirl and create this. But they're never even close to being the percent era using the le squares. Never close.