Stream incision, tectonics, uplift, and evolution of topography of the Sierra Nevada, California

Journal of Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 539-562

  Wakabayashi, J ^a   Sawyer, T L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; STREAM CHANNEL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034838124     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321962     Document Type: Article

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