Late Quaternary fluvial landscape evolution in desert grasslands of northern Chihuahua, Mexico

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 596-606

  Nordt, Lee ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial stratigraphy; Climate; Grassland; Late Quaternary; Mexico; Paleosol

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL EROSION;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; ISOTOPES; SOILS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

MEXICO;

EID: 0038322917     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0596:LQFLEI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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