proximal alluvial fan
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| In the background
is the fan-head trench; in the foreground the very coarse deposits of
the proximal part of the alluvial fan. This fan was created in a single
night in 1982 after a dam burst. Link What is the grain-size range of the alluvial sediment seen in the foreground? |
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| image credit: Roger Suthren. Horseshoe Park, Rocky Mountain NP, Colorado | |
sedshots
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