Position of the snake river watershed divide as an indicator of geodynamic processes in the greater Yellowstone region, western North America

Geosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 272-281

  Wegmann, Karl W ^a   Zurek, Brian D ^a   Regalla, Christine A ^a,b   Bilardello, Dario ^a   Wollenberg, Jennifer L ^a   Kopczynski, Sarah E ^a   Ziemann, Joseph M ^c   Haight, Shannon L ^a   Apgar, Jeremy D ^a   Zhao, Cheng ^a   Pazzaglia, Frank J ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Lehigh University   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage divides; Dynamic topography; Filtered topography; Snake river plain; Synthetic drainage divides; Yellowstone hotspot

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; DRAINAGE; HOT SPOT; MANTLE; RIVER; TOPOGRAPHY; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71849090379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00083.1     Document Type: Article

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