Tectonic geomorphology of the southeastern Mississippi Embayment in northern Mississippi, USA

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1160-1170

  Garrote, Julio ^a   Cox, Randel Tom ^b   Swann, Charles ^c   Ellis, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage basins; Fault blocks; Neotectonics; North America; Rivers; Tilt blocks

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; LATERAL STREAM MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; PALEOZOIC FAULT SYSTEMS; T-INDEX MEASUREMENTS;

CATCHMENTS; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; SATELLITES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NEOTECTONICS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEISMIC ZONE;

MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749011706     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25721.1     Document Type: Article

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