The polygenetic origin of prairie mounds in northeastern California

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 490, Issue , 2012, Pages 135-159

  Johnson, Donald L ^a   Johnson, Diana N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Geosciences Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMES; EROSION;

BIOTURBATION; CALIFORNIA; COLD WINTER; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; EROSION PROCESS; OBSERVATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SEASONAL FROSTS;

SOILS;

BIOTURBATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MODELING; PRAIRIE;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADE RANGE; MOUNT SHASTA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876801760     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2012.2490(06)     Document Type: Conference Paper

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