A criteria-based methodology for determining the mechanism of transverse drainage development, with application to the Southwestern United States

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 586-598

  Douglass, John ^a   Meek, Norman ^b   Dorn, Ronald I ^c   Schmeeckle, Mark W ^c  

^a Paradise Valley Community College   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antecedence; Basin analysis; Drainage evolution; Overflow; Piracy; Planetary geomorphology; Superimposition; Tectonic geomorphology; Transverse drainage

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENCE; BASIN ANALYSIS; OVERFLOW; PIRACY; PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY; SUPERIMPOSITION; TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY; TRANSVERSE DRAINAGE;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; TECTONICS;

CATCHMENTS;

BASIN ANALYSIS; CHANNEL FLOW; DATABASE; DRAINAGE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; METHODOLOGY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TRIBUTARY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949168516     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26131.1     Document Type: Article

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