Plunge pool vs. Sediment filled (IMAGE)

Geological Society of America

Plunge pool vs. Sediment filled

Caption

: Example of sediment filling and evacuation of sediment in a small waterfall plunge pool on Arroyo Seco, San Gabriel Mountains, California. Top: Plunge pool, free of sediment, in June 2006 with swimmer leaping. Bottom: The same plunge pool filled with sediment in March 2010 following a wildfire in 2009 that overwhelmed the pool with sediment.

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Top photo credit: Kelin X. Whipple, bottom photo credit: Michael P. Lamb.

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Top photo credit: Kelin X. Whipple, bottom photo credit: Michael P. Lamb.

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