Pleistocene geomorphology and geochronology of eastern Grand Canyon: Linkages of landscape components during climate changes

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 23-24, 2005, Pages 2428-2448

  Anders, Matt D ^a   Pederson, Joel L ^a   Rittenour, Tammy M ^a,b   Sharp, Warren D ^c   Gosse, John C ^d   Karlstrom, Karl E ^e   Crossey, Laura J ^e   Goble, Ronald J ^b   Stockli, Lisa ^f   Yang, Guang ^d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIERS; GRAVEL; ISOTOPES; SOILS;

GOCHRONOLOGY; HILLSLOPES; PALEOCLIMATE; TRIBUTARIES;

DEPOSITS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; PLEISTOCENE;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27844521876     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.03.015     Document Type: Article

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