Debris-fan reworking during low-magnitude floods in the Green River canyons of the eastern Uinta Mountains, Colorado and Utah

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 309-312

  Larsen, Isaac J ^a   Schmidt, John C ^a   Martin, Jennifer A ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EA Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Debris fan reworking; Eastern Uinta Mountains; Floods

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FANS; DEBRIS FLOW; FAN DEPOSITS; RIVER DISCHARGES;

DEBRIS; DEPOSITION; FLOODS; SEDIMENTS;

RIVERS;

DEBRIS FLOW; FLOOD; REWORKING;

COLORADO; GREEN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UINTA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 2042526034     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20235.1     Document Type: Article

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