Colorado Plateau uplift and erosion evaluated using GIS

GSA Today

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 4-10

  Pederson, Joel L ^a   Mackley, Rob D ^a   Eddleman, James L ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; EROSION; GIS; PLATEAU; UPLIFT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036693015     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/1052-5173(2002)012<0004:CPUAEE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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