Neogene through Quaternary hillslope records, basin sedimentation, and landscape evolution of southeastern Nevada

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 117-134

  Pederson, Joel L ^a   Pazzaglia, Frank J ^b   Smith, Gary A ^c   Mou, Yun ^d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; LANDSCAPE DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; RESEARCH PROBLEMS; RESEARCH RESULTS; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

EID: 36749045866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-0002-7.117     Document Type: Article

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