Tectonic geomorphology of the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains (California): Evidence for uplift and basin formation

Geomorphology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 34-45

  Figueroa, Andrea M ^a   Knott, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomorphic indices; Kern River; Sierra Nevada Mountains; Tectonic geomorphology

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEOTECTONICS; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UPLIFT;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956339148     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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