Fractures and drainage in the granite mountainous area. A study from Sierra Nevada, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 97-116

  Ericson, Kerstin ^a   Migon, Piotr ^b   Olvmo, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Drainage patterns; Fracture control; Granite; Sierra Nevada; Yosemite

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BEDROCK; DRAINAGE; FRACTURE; GLACIAL EROSION; GRANITE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10644272685     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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