Terrain analysis of the racetrack basin and the sliding rocks of Death Valley

Geomorphology

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 253-265

  Messina, Paula ^a   Stoffer, Phil ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Death Valley; Geomorphometry; GIS; Playa; Quaternary geology; Surficial geology

Indexed keywords

FAILURE MECHANISM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAPPING; ROCK; SLIDING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033752875     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(00)00042-8     Document Type: Article

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