Effects of active folding and reverse faulting on stream channel evolution, Santa Barbara Fold Belt, California

Geomorphology

Volumn 186, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-135

  Melosh, Benjamin L ^a,b   Keller, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fold propagation; Geomorphic indices; Paleochannel; Santa Barbara Fold Belt (SBFB); Stream incision; Uplift

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; FAULTING; FOLD BELT; FOLDING; PALEOCHANNEL; REVERSE FAULT; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STREAM CHANNEL; UPLIFT;

BIG BEND; CALIFORNIA; SANTA BARBARA [CALIFORNIA]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873724129     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.12.027     Document Type: Article

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