Chronology of Miocene-Pliocene deposits at Split Mountain Gorge, Southern California: A record of regional tectonics and Colorado River evolution

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-60

  Dorsey, Rebecca J ^a   Fluette, Amy ^b   McDougall, Kristin ^c   Housen, Bernard A ^b   Janecke, Susanne U ^d   Axen, Gary J ^e   Shirvell, Catherine R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Colorado river; Miocene; Pliocene; Salton trough; Stratigraphy; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

MARINE INCURSION; MARINE SEDIMENTS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

GEOMAGNETISM; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE MOTION; PLIOCENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33846336520     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23139A.1     Document Type: Article

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