An Alluvial Surface Chronology Based on Cosmogenic 36Cl Dating, Ajo Mountains (Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument), Southern Arizona

Quaternary Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-37

  Liu, Beiling ^a,d   Phillips, Fred M ^a   Pohl, Molly M ^b   Sharma, Pankaj ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; STENOCEREUS THURBERI;

ALLUVIAL SURFACE; CHRONOLOGY; COSMOGENIC DATING; PIEDMONT SLOPE;

USA, ARIZONA, AJO MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030467403     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0003     Document Type: Article

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