Long-term river response to regional doming in the Price River Formation, central Utah

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-242

  Guiseppe, Alfred C ^a,b   Heller, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Mid Continent Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE; AVULSION FREQUENCY; EARLY GROWTH; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER SYSTEMS; SAND BODY; VERTICAL SECTION;

RIVERS;

AGGRADATION; AVULSION; CAMPANIAN; RELIEF; RIVER SYSTEM; SANDSTONE; SUBSIDENCE; ALLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE; DOMING; UPLIFT;

BOOK CLIFFS; UNITED STATES; UTAH; USA;

EID: 0031818373     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0239:LTRRTR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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