Sedimentology of the debris-flow-dominated Warm Spring Canyon alluvial fan, Death Valley, California

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 941-965

  Blair, Terence C ^a  

^a Blair and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; California; Death Valley; Debris flows; Lake Manly

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEBRIS FLOW; FACIES ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION;

CALIFORNIA; DEATH VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033400464     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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