Episodic growth of the chocolate mountains anticlinorium recorded by the neogene bear canyon conglomerate, Southeastern California, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 859-873

  Ricketts, Jason W ^a   Girty, Gary H ^a   Sainsbury, Jon S ^a   Muela, Krista K ^a   Sutton, Lauren A ^a   Biggs, Melanie A ^a   Voyles, Erin M ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COPPER; DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; FLOODS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); RECREATION CENTERS; STRATIGRAPHY; STREAM FLOW; VOLCANOES;

ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEBRIS FLOW DEPOSITS; EASTERN CALIFORNIA; EXTENSIONAL DEFORMATION; METAVOLCANIC ROCKS; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; REGIONAL TECTONICS;

FAULT SLIPS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANTICLINE; CONGLOMERATE; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; QUATERNARY; STREAMFLOW; TECTONIC SETTING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855586009     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2011.66     Document Type: Article

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