Late Quaternary landscape development along the Rancho Marino coastal range front (southcentral Pacific Coast Ranges, California, USA)

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 728-746

  Stokes, Martin ^a   García, Antonio F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; Climate change; Marine terraces; Sea level change; Shore platforms

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; RIVER TERRACE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; SHORELINE CHANGE; TOPOGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; SAN SIMEON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350141756     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1243     Document Type: Article

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