Timing of surficial process changes down a Mojave Desert piedmont

Quaternary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-161

  Nichols, Kyle K ^a   Bierman, Paul R ^b   Eppes, Martha C ^c   Caffee, Marc ^d   Finkel, Robert ^d   Larsen, Jennifer ^b  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Cosmogenic nuclides; Sediment budget; Sediment transport; Soil

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CHANNEL; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION; PIEDMONT; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

CALIFORNIA; FORT IRWIN; MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250681032     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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