This movie illustrates the geologic processes on a river flood plain responsible for the deposition of the Sespe formation in the Transverse Ranges block, California.

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Download Oligocene Sespe Formation Movie (4 MB)

Drawn and animated by Tanya Atwater and John Iwerks using Photoshop and Morph.

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