Alluvial Cone of Fine Sand and Silt in Seymour Island, Antarctica

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Melting snow produces a lot of water which soaks into loosely consolidated sediment and helps eroding them away. Small alluvial cone of fine sand and silt of the La meseta Formation in Seymour Island, Antarctica. Photo by A. Oleinik, Florida Atlantic University