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beach sediment

Figure 5. Large, disc-shaped stones collect on the top of the cusp while better rounded, "rollers" tumble to the bottom of the cusp. The disc-shaped clasts are of volcanic rock while the rounder stones are granites and quartzites.


Last updated on October 6, 2005