Cause of dominance by sheetflood vs. debris-flow processes on two adjoining alluvial fans, Death Valley, California

Sedimentology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1015-1028

  Blair, Terence C ^a  

^a Blair and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; California; Death Valley; Debris flows; Sheetfloods

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEBRIS FLOW; SHEET FLOW;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033491668     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1999.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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