soils, weathering, and erosion
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Erosion, weathering and
soil photos: Eastern
Washington
Sand deposition: ColumbiaRiver near
Washougal, WA
Palouse hills from Steptoe Butte
Shrub Steppe: Washtucna Coulee
Sand hills: Connell, WA
Fallow wheat field in
shrub steppe
Caleche layer: loess soil
Road cut with caleche layer
Pillow lava weathering: East of
Connell, WA
Weathered pillow lava
Talus slope: base of basalt colonnade
Colluvial soil at base of eroding
basalt layer
Sand and gravel operation: Colfax,
WA
Wind blown loess and sand
Wind erosion
Wind erosion
Flood deposits: Connell, WA –
Missoula Floods
Gravel bar: Missoula Floods
Lacustrine Deposits: Missoula Floods,
Hamilton, Montana
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