A Karst Connection model for Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 316-334

  Hill, C A ^a   Eberz, N ^b   Buecher, R H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Cave Research Foundation ^*  (United States)

^c Cave Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Grand Canyon; Kaibab arch; Karst hydrology; Little Colorado River Canyon; Marble Canyon; Redwall Muav aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CANYON; CAVE; DISCHARGE; HEADWATER; INCISED VALLEY; KARST HYDROLOGY; SINKHOLE;

ARIZONA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GRAND CANYON; LITTLE COLORADO RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39449094337     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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