Geological and hydrological history of the paleo-Owens River drainage since the late Miocene

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 439, Issue , 2008, Pages 115-150

  Phillips, Fred M ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Basin; Paleoenvironment; Paleohydrology; Sierra nevada; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIVERS; TECTONICS;

GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION; GREAT BASIN; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; PALEO-HYDROLOGY; REGIONAL WATER BALANCE; SIERRA NEVADA;

CATCHMENTS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DRAINAGE BASIN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN; OWENS RIVER; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72149122278     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2008.2439(06)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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