Using pebble lithology and roundness to interpret gravel provenance in piedmont fluvial systems of the Rocky Mountains, USA

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 199, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 223-232

  Lindsey, David A ^a   Langer, William H ^a   Van Gosen, Bradley S ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency table; Fluvial; Pebble count; Pleistocene; Provenance; Roundness

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; CLAST; CLIMATE CYCLE; DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; LITHOLOGY; PEBBLE; PIEDMONT; PLEISTOCENE; PROVENANCE; RIVER BASIN;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WIND RIVER; WYOMING;

EID: 34249857079     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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