Sedimentology and progressive tectonic unconformities of the sheetflood-dominated Hell's Gate alluvial fan, Death Valley, California

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 132, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 233-262

  Blair, T C ^a  

^a Blair and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; California; Death Valley; Progressive tectonic unconformities; Sheetfloods

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; FLUVIAL PROCESS; SHEET FLOW; TECTONIC SETTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034029390     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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