Upland complex of the central Mississippi River valley: Its origin, denudation, and possible role in reactivation of the New Madrid seismic zone

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 425, Issue , 2007, Pages 177-192

  Van Arsdale, Roy ^a   Bresnahan, Ryan ^a   McCallister, Natasha ^a   Brian, Waldron ^b  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral Ohio River; Lafayette gravel; New Madrid seismic zone; Upland Complex

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); EROSION; FLOODS; GRAVEL; SEA LEVEL; SEISMOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; EARLY PLIOCENE; LONGITUDINAL PROFILE; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONES; OHIO RIVER; SEA-LEVEL CURVES; UPLAND COMPLEX;

RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CONFLUENCE; DENUDATION; FLOODPLAIN; GRAVEL; HOLOCENE; PLIOCENE; REACTIVATION; RIVER SYSTEM; SAND; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC ZONE; STRESS FIELD; TRIBUTARY; VALLEY;

ARKANSAS; BOEOTIA; CENTRAL GREECE; GREECE; INDIANA; LAFAYETTE; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE; OHIO RIVER; THIVA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51749105108     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2425(13)     Document Type: Article

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