Development of a late Quaternary marine terraced landscape during on-going tectonic contraction, Crescent City coastal plain, California

Quaternary Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-228

  Polenz, Michael ^a   Kelsey, Harvey M ^b  

^a GeoEngineers   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; TERRACE;

CALIFORNIA; CRESCENT CITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033378219     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2061     Document Type: Article

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