The Klamath peneplain: A review of J.S. Diller's classic erosion surface

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 410, Issue , 2006, Pages 451-463

  Aalto, K R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

J.S. Diller; Klamath peneplain; Neotectonics; Provenance; Uplift; W.P. Irwin

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; LANDFORMS; MICA; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

J.S. DILLER; KLAMATH PENEPLAIN; NEOTECTONICS; PROVENANCE; UPLIFT; W.P. IRWIN;

EROSION;

BATHOLITH; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FRACTURE ZONE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROPLATE; MIOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; PENEPLAIN; PLATE MOTION; PLEISTOCENE; PROGRADATION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SUBDUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; IDAHO; KLAMATH MOUNTAINS; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

MICAS;

EID: 73949094813     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.2410(22)     Document Type: Article

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