Channel shifting of the Rio Grande, southern Rio Grande rift: Implications for alluvial stratigraphic models

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 207-219

  Mack, Greg H ^a   Leeder, Michael R ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial stratigraphy; Alvusions; Rio Grande rift; River behaviour

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL STRATIGRAPHY; AVULSION; CHANNEL MIGRATION; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031817451     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00015-3     Document Type: Article

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