Boulder Creek (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Boulder Creek

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Geologist Noah Finnegan in Boulder Creek in California's Santa Cruz Mountains. Rivers in steep landscapes like the Santa Cruz Mountains transport lots of sediment and do not conform to 'threshold channel' assumptions that apply to gravel-bedded rivers in other parts of the country.

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Allison Pfeiffer

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