Paleocene to holocene paleodeltas of ancestral colorado river offset by the San Andreas fault system, southern California

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 783-786

  Howard, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

COLORADO RIVER; GRAND CANYONS; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; LATE CENOZOIC; MIDDLE MIOCENE; SALTON TROUGH; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA;

RIVERS;

DELTA; FAULTING; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; PALEOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RIFTING; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; CAINOZOIC; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; PALAEODRAINAGE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0030302327     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0783:PTHPOA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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