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Sec. 8455
GRIT of UNIT 3
Shows no signs of water
TRANSPORT & COARSING upward
Represents a debris flow
Showing slopes of CRATER
Still unstable at START of
LAKE DEPOSITION.
Means LAKE started to
fill CRATER soon after
IMPACT.
So mid Miocene DATE
on RHINO fixes THE
date of IMPACT as
not long before.
OFFSET SECTION 8455 d'
30m N of 8455 to CATCH
ADDITIONAL beds at BASE
of ORIGINAL section
UNIT Thickness Description
base of section ~
1 meter above
breccia
1 135 corner interval in
lake beds