Geomorphic and tectonic forcing of late Cenozoic warping of the Colorado piedmont

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 595-598

  Leonard, Eric M ^a  

^a University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Erosion; Flexure; Isostasy; Ogallala; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ISOSTATIC UPLIFT;

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; RIVERS; ROCKS;

TECTONICS;

CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; ISOSTASY; PIEDMONT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879882124     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0595:GATFOL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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