Paleochannels, stream incision, erosion, topographic evolution, and alternative explanations of paleoaltimetry, Sierra Nevada, California

Geosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-215

  Wakabayashi, John ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; MIOCENE; PALEOCHANNEL; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE;

CALIFORNIA; FEATHER RIVER; KERN RIVER; KINGS RIVER; MOKELUMNE RIVER; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877022501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00814.1     Document Type: Article

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