Sheetflow fluvial processes in a rapidly subsiding basin, Altiplano plateau, Bolivia

Sedimentology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1121-1148

  Hampton, Brian A ^a   Horton, Brian K ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Altiplano; Andes; Arid climate; Sheetflow; Subsidence; Terminal fan

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LITHOFACIES; OROGENY; SHEET FLOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548771192     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2007.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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