Transport slopes, sediment cover, and bedrock channel incision in the Henry Mountains, Utah

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Johnson, Joel P L ^b   Whipple, Kelin X ^d   Sklar, Leonard S ^c   Hanks, Thomas C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDROCK; DIORITE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRIBUTARY;

HENRY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 77953094016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000862     Document Type: Article

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