. Brown, 11 Pink brown silty matrix, 25% clasts (2 mm?3 cm) unsorted and unstratified, colluvial wedge. 12 Brown sandy silty matrix, pp.50-55

. Brown-orange-sandy-silty-matrix and . Fine-grained, mm?10 cm), poorly sorted. 20A Dark brown silty matrix, 50% clasts (2 mm?1 cm), poorly sorted, unstratified. 21 Brown gray silty matrix, fine grained, few big clasts. 21A Brown gray silty matrix, fine grained. 30 Light brown sandy silty matrix, 50% clasts (5 mm?15 cm), unsorted, unstratified. 40 Brown to gray silty sandy matrix, 70% clasts (1?10 cm), few big clasts (10?20 cm), poorly sorted. 40A Gray to light brown sandy silty matrix, 20% angular clasts poorly stratified. 40B Brown to dark gray sandy silty matrix cm), a few big clasts, pp.70-75

S. Gray and . Matrix, mm), well sorted. 53 Brownish gray sandy silty matrix, 65% clasts (5 mm?4 cm), sorted. 54 Gray to brown silty sandy matrix, 60 to 75% clasts (5 mm?4 cm), sorted. 54A Gray to brown sandy silty matrix, 60% clasts (5 mm?5 cm), sorted. 60A Gray to brownish gray sandy silty matrix, cm), channel or colluvial wedge, pp.75-77

. Brown-silty-matrix, cm), numerous large clasts (8?12 cm) unsorted, pp.50-51

. Brown-gray-sandy-silty-matrix, 61A Brown sandy silty matrix, 60% clasts (2 mm?7 cm), poorly sorted, channel. 61B Light brown muddy matrix, 50% clasts (5 mm?8 cm), poorly sorted. 61C Brown silty matrix, 50% clasts (2 mm?15 cm), poorly sorted, unstratified. 61D Gray sandy silty matrix, 75% clasts (2 mm?1 cm), well sorted, lens shape 61E Gray to light brown silty matrix, 70% clasts (5 mm?4 cm), a few big clasts (10 cm?15 cm), well sorted. 62 Gray sandy silty to sandy matrix cm), stratified, well sorted. 62A Gray sandy silty matrix, 75% clasts (2 mm?4 cm), well sorted. 62B Brownish gray sandy silty, 70% clasts (5 mm?4 cm), channel. 62C Brown to gray sandy silty matrix mm), well sorted, lens shape 70 Gray to brownish gray silty sandy matrix, 75% clasts (5 mm?10 cm), stratified. 70A Gray silty sandy matrix, 70% clasts (3 mm?1.5 cm), sorted, channel. 70B Gray to brown silty sandy matrix, few clasts (15 cm), poorly sorted, lens shape sorted, channel. 71 Gray sandy silty matrix mm), well sorted and stratified. 72 Gray to brownish gray sandy silty matrix, pp.50-53

G. Sandy and . Matrix, cm), poorly sorted, poorly stratified. 82 Gray sandy silty matrix, pp.70-73

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