Tributary debris fans and the late Holocene alluvial chronology of the Colorado River, eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-19

  Hereford, Richard ^a   Thompson, Kathryn S ^a   Burke, Kelly J ^a   Fairley, Helen C ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; RIVERS; WEATHERING; DEBRIS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; COARSE-GRAINED; COLORADO RIVER; DEBRIS FLOW DEPOSITS; GRAND CANYON , ARIZONA; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER HYDRAULICS; GRAND CANYONS; LATE HOLOCENE;

DEBRIS; RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DEBRIS FLOW; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RIVER TERRACE; ALLUVIAL TERRACE; CANYON;

ARIZONA; COLORADO; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GRAND CANYON; PUEBLO; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0029729340     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0003:TDFATL>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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