Pliocene and Pleistocene evolution of the Mojave River, and associated tectonic development of the Transverse Ranges and Mojave Desert, based on borehole stratigraphy studies and mapping of landforms and sediments near Victorville, California

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 368, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-42

  Cox, B F ^a   Hillhouse, J W ^a   Owen, L A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPORTS; ARCHES; BOREHOLES; DEPOSITS; FACINGS; GRAVEL; IRON DEPOSITS; LAKES; LUMINESCENCE; MAPPING; MILITARY BASES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SILT; STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

EARLY PLEISTOCENE; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; OROGENIC DEPOSITS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; STRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; SYNDEPOSITIONAL FAULTS; TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT;

LANDFORMS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; BOREHOLE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; LANDFORM; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRANSVERSE ISOTROPY;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870914042     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2368-X.1     Document Type: Article

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