Paleovalley morphology and fluvial system evolution of Eocene-Oligocene sediments ("auriferous gravels" ), northern Sierra Nevada, California: Implications for climate, tectonics, and topography

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1699-1719

  Cassel, Elizabeth J ^a   Graham, Stephan A ^b  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURIFEROUS GRAVELS; AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; BASIN AND RANGE; BRAIDED STREAM; CENOZOIC; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; COARSE-GRAINED; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; EUSTASY; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOOD PLAINS; FLUVIAL DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH RATE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; LARAMIDE; LARAMIDE TECTONICS; LATE EOCENE; LOCAL TOPOGRAPHY; MESOZOIC; OROGENS; PALEO-CHANNEL; PALEOVALLEY; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENTARY CHARACTERISTICS; SIERRA NEVADA; SIERRA NEVADA , CALIFORNIA; SURFACE MAPPING; VARIABLE SYSTEMS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DEPOSITS; DRAINAGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GRAVEL; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; KAOLIN; KAOLINITE; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

TECTONICS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDROCK; BRAIDED RIVER; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; DEPOSITION; EOCENE; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MAPPING; OLIGOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; UPLIFT; VALLEY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051589338     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30356.1     Document Type: Article

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