Upon completion of this unit students should be able to: Describe longitudinal and lateral profiles (shapes) of an alluvial fan. Discuss the difference between a debris flow and a stream-dominated ...

Along the south margin of the San Gabriel (California) mountain block alluvial fans have accumulated to a thickness of a thousand feet and more. The whole series of sediments is a unit, still growing, ...

Thousands of years ago, glaciers melted and water rushed down the Fraser Canyon. Along the way, the torrent collected gravel ...