Clast size controls and longevity of Pleistocene desert pavements at Lathrop Wells and Red Cone volcanoes, southern Nevada

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 533-536

  Valentine, Greg A ^a   Harrington, Charles D ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert pavement; Eolian; Geomorphology; Scoria; Soil

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY SOILS; CLASTS; DESERT PAVEMENT;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; INFILTRATION; PAVEMENTS; SAND; SILT; VEGETATION; VOLCANOES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LONGEVITY; PLEISTOCENE; VEGETATION;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745053302     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22481.1     Document Type: Article

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