Mountains, monsoons, and megafans

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 289-292

  Leier, Andrew L ^a   DeCelles, Peter G ^a   Pelletier, Jon D ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Avulsion; Fluvial; Megafan; Monsoon; Paleoclimate; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; LATITUDE; MEGAFANS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; SATELLITES; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; AVULSION; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION;

EID: 17144415598     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21228.1     Document Type: Article

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