Calibrated, late Quaternary age indices using clast rubification and soil development on alluvial surfaces in Pilot Knob Valley, Mojave Desert, southeastern California

Quaternary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-393

  Helms, John G ^a,c   McGill, Sally F ^b   Rockwell, Thomas K ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert pavement; Desert processes; Desert varnish; Garlock fault; Mojave Desert; Quaternary dating techniques; Rock varnish; Rubification; Soil development; Surface exposure age

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DATING METHOD; DESERT; QUATERNARY; ROCK VARNISH;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346317170     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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