Formation of Box Canyon, Idaho, by megaflood: Implications for seepage erosion on earth and mars

Science

Volumn 320, Issue 5879, 2008, Pages 1067-1070

  Lamb, Michael P ^a   Dietrich, William E ^a   Aciego, Sarah M ^a   DePaolo, Donald J ^a   Manga, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; GROUND WATER; HELIUM; WATER;

BASALT; CANYON; EARTH; EROSION; FLOODING; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MARS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEEPAGE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUATERNARY (PERIOD); SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; UNITED STATES; DISASTER; GEOGRAPHY; TIME;

BOX CANYON; COLORADO; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IDAHO; MARS; NATURAL DISASTERS; TIME; WATER;

EID: 44449127707     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1156630     Document Type: Article

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