Cave sedimentation, genesis, and erosional history in the Cheat River Canyon, West Virginia

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 524-532

  Springer, Gregory S ^a   Kite, J Steven ^b   Schmidt, Victor A ^c  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; INCISION RATES; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OVERLYING STRATA; PHREATIC; STUDY AREAS; WEST VIRGINIA;

CAVES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CAVE DEPOSIT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ELEVATION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; BASE LEVEL; CAVE SEDIMENTATION; EROSION; INCISION RATE; SPELEOGENEIS;

CHEAT RIVER; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA; CHEAT RIVER CANYON; USA;

EID: 0030710091     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0524:CSGAEH>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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