A-Tents in the Central Sierra Nevada, California: A Geomorphological Indicator of Tectonic Stress

Physical Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-312

  Olvmo, Mats ^a   Ericson, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A tent; Bornhardts; Compressional stress; Granite landforms; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

BATHOLITH; BEDROCK; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; GRANITE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; TECTONIC FEATURE; UPLIFT;

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

EID: 17044439471     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.25.4.291     Document Type: Article

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