Excellent example of a debris flow deposit in the Vasquez Formation. The boulders and cobbles in the bed are scattered throughout the bed as would occur in a debris flow deposit, rather than being concentrated near the bottom of the bed as would occur if the bed had been deposited by traction currents in a river or turbidity current. The debris flow bed is about 40 feet thick and was deposited probably in a single day.
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