Features and origin of the giant Cucomungo Canyon alluvial fan, Eureka Valley, California

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 370, Issue , 2003, Pages 105-126

  Blair, Terence C ^a  

^a Blair and Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; California; Eureka Valley; Faulted catchment; Mudflow processes

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEBRIS; GRAVEL; LANDSLIDES; RUNOFF; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL FANS; CALIFORNIA; DEBRIS FLOW DEPOSITS; EUREKA VALLEY; GRANITIC BEDROCKS; LARGE VOLUMES; SHALLOW CHANNELS; SURFACE EXPOSURE;

LANDFORMS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; BEDROCK; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; COPPICE; DEBRIS FLOW; FAULT ZONE; MUDFLOW; PEBBLE; THUNDERSTORM;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; EUREKA; FURNACE CREEK; NUNAVUT; OHIO; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS; SYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52649085219     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2370-1.105     Document Type: Article

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