Abrupt landscape change post-6 Ma on the central Great Plains, USA

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 871-874

  Duller, Robert A ^a,b   Whittaker, Alexander C ^a   Swinehart, James B ^c   Armitage, John J ^a,d   Sinclair, Hugh D ^e   Bair, Andrea ^f   Allen, Philip A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

CENTRAL GREAT PLAINS; LANDSCAPE CHANGES; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; LOCALIZED DYNAMICS; MEDIAN GRAIN SIZES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE GLACIATIONS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SEDIMENT SUPPLY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

AGGRADATION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MIOCENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868687407     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32919.1     Document Type: Article

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