Late Quaternary variations in alluvial fan sedimentologic and geomorphic processes, Soda Lake basin, eastern Mojave Desert, California

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 368, Issue , 2003, Pages 207-230

  Harvey, Adrian M ^a   Wells, Stephen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEBRIS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

BASE LEVEL CHANGE; CLIMATIC CHANGES; FLUVIAL CHANNELS; GEOMORPHIC PROCESS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; RUNOFF AND SEDIMENTS; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL DEVELOPMENT;

PROCESS CONTROL;

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; HOLOCENE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHORELINE CHANGE;

BIG SODA LAKE; MOJAVE DESERT; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870864651     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2368-X.207     Document Type: Article

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