The effect of syndepositional deformation within the Upper Permian Capitan Platform on the speleogenesis and geomorphology of the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 279-308

  Koša, Eduard ^a   Hunt, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cave; Drainage; Geomorphology; Growth fold; Palaeokarst; Syndepositional fault

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CAVE; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DRAINAGE; FAULT; FOLDING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KARST; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SPELEOLOGY;

GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

JUGLANS;

EID: 33747029318     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.01.038     Document Type: Article

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