Late Quaternary sedimentation on the Leidy Creek fan, Nevada-California: Geomorphic responses to climate change

Basin Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 279-299

  Reheis, Marith C ^a   Slate, Janet L ^b   Throckmorton, Constance K ^b   McGeehin, John P ^b   Sarna Wojcicki, Andrei M ^b   Dengler, Lori ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 10444247525     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1996.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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