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By Science News

- More than 2 years ago

I read and reread this article, hoping to find an explanation of where all those sediments have gone. From appearances, they surely all haven’t been deposited in the Gulf of California. Where else? Does anyone have any satisfying theories?

Allen Glenn
Abilene, Texas

Sediments from the erosion of the Grand Canyon have ended up in several places, says Pamela Irvine, a geologist with the California Department of Conservation’s Division of Mines and Geology in Los Angeles.