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Allan James_Geomorphic Continuity - Lower Yuba River Accord

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Longitudinal Transition:<br />

Floodplain Widening at Colluvial Limit<br />

• Late Quaternary terraces dip below historical alluvium near Parks<br />

Bar. Earlier terraces and colluvium (with well developed soils)<br />

dip beneath historical alluvium in YGF.<br />

• Quaternary terraces<br />

in YGF were dredged.<br />

d d<br />

• Valley bottoms<br />

widen in YGF where<br />

modern alluvium<br />

emerge from older<br />

surfaces. This is<br />

where levees begin.<br />

Generalized from USDA digital soils data.

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