Sedimentology of gravelly Lake Lahontan highstand shoreline deposits, Churchill Butte, Nevada, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 123, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 199-218

  Blair, Terence C ^a  

^a Blair and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Lakeshore gravel; Quaternary; West central Nevada

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; SHORE (NONMARINE);

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032875165     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00138-9     Document Type: Article

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