New insights into the outlet conditions of late Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, southeastern Idaho, USA

Geosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1369-1391

  Janecke, Susanne U ^a   Oaks Jr , Robert Q ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CORRELATION; LAKE; LAKE LEVEL; LANDSLIDE; PLEISTOCENE; PORE PRESSURE; STRESS;

GREAT SALT LAKE; IDAHO; SWAN LAKE [IDAHO]; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84858762810     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00587.1     Document Type: Article

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