Geology of the Lake Mead region: An overview

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 463, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-28

  Anderson, R Ernest ^a   Beard, L Sue ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ANDERSONS; COLORADO RIVER; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; LAKE MEADS; MESOZOIC; MIOCENE; TECTONIC SHORTENING;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL SHORTENING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; MESOZOIC; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

LAKE MEAD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650936449     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2010.2463(01)     Document Type: Article

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