Tectonic and climatic controls on holocene channel migration, incision and terrace formation by the rio grande in the palomas half graben, southern rio grande rift, USA

Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1065-1086

  Mack, Greg H ^a   Leeder, Mike ^b   Perez Arlucea, Marta ^c   Durr, Meredith ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Axial river; Half graben; Holocene climate; Rio Grande rift

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; AXIAL RIVER; HALF GRABEN; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; RIO GRANDE RIFT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CARBONATE MINERALS; CATCHMENTS; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CONTROL; RIVER CONTROL; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ALLUVIAL FAN; ARIDITY; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRABEN; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER TERRACE; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRACE;

NEW MEXICO; RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA]; RIO GRANDE RIFT; UNITED STATES;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79960471142     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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