River Sands (IMAGE) Arizona State University Caption The team had many adventures getting to carefully selected field sites and finding deposits of fresh river sands appropriate for erosion-rate determinations. Adams (L) and Whipple (R) shown here. Credit A. Heimsath/ASU Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.