Identification of possible Quaternary deformation in the Northeastern Mississippi embayment using quantitative geomorphic analysis of drainage-basin asymmetry

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 615-624

  Cox, R T ^a   Van Arsdale, R B ^a   Harris, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage basins; Geomorphology; Mississippi Embayment; Neotectonics; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

NEOTECTONISM;

DEFORMATION; SEISMOLOGY; VECTORS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; TECTONICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879881662     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2001)113<0615:IOPQDI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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