Colorado River chronostratigraphy at Lee's Ferry, Arizona, and the Colorado Plateau bull's-eye of incision

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 427-430

  Pederson, Joel L ^a   Cragun, W Scott ^a   Hidy, Alan J ^a,b   Rittenour, Tammy M ^a   Gosse, John C ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHIC DATA; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COLORADO PLATEAU; COLORADO RIVER; FLUVIAL RESPONSE; GRAND CANYONS; INCISION RATES; MANTLE DYNAMICS;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

RIVERS;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DRAINAGE; EROSION; LANDSCAPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; TERRACE; UPLIFT;

ARIZONA; COLORADO PLATEAU; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GRAND CANYON; LEES FERRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875481557     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34051.1     Document Type: Article

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