Cretaceous-Eocene (Laramide) landscape development and Oligocene- Pliocene drainage reorganization of transition zone and Colorado Plateau, Arizona

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 96, Issue B7, 1991, Pages

  Elston, D P ^a   Young, R A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; DRAINAGE REORGANISATION; EROSIONAL SCARP; LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT; LARAMIDE; OLIGOCENE; PLANATION SURFACE; PLIOCENE; REGIONAL EROSION; RIM GRAVEL; UPLIFT;

ARIZONA; COLORADO PLATEAU; USA;

EID: 0026312928     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/90jb01978     Document Type: Article

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