Glacially driven cycles in accumulation space and sequence stratigraphy of a stream-dominated alluvial fan, San Joaquin valley, California, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 240-251

  Weissmann, Gary S ^a,b   Mount, Jeffrey F ^a   Fogg, Graham E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; INTERSECTION POINTS; PLEISTOCENE GLACIAL; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

LANDFORMS;

ACCUMULATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; PALEOSOL; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRATIGRAPHY; STREAM; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CALIFORNIA; FRESNO; KINGS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748689937     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/062201720240     Document Type: Article

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