New incision rates along the Colorado River system based on cosmogenic burial dating of terraces: Implications for regional controls on Quaternary incision

Geosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1020-1041

  Darling, Andrew L ^a   Karlstrom, Karl E ^b   Granger, Darryl E ^c   Aslan, Andres ^d   Kirby, Eric ^e   Ouimet, William B ^f   Lazear, Gregory D ^g   Coblentz, David D ^h   Cole, Rex D ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Wubben Hall and Science Center 232   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^g Los Alamos National Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^h LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); BURIAL DIAGENESIS; QUATERNARY; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER TERRACE; SEDIMENT YIELD; UPLIFT;

COLORADO BASIN [NORTH AMERICA]; GREEN RIVER; UNITED STATES;

RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 84870403784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00724.1     Document Type: Article

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