Provenance of quartzite clasts in the Eocene-Oligocene sespe formation: Paleogeographic implications for Southern California and the ancestral Colorado River

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1635-1649

  Howard, J L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Cenozoic; Conglomerate; Los Angeles; Modal analysis; Mojave Desert; Provenance

Indexed keywords

METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MODAL ANALYSIS; RIVERS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CALIFORNIA; CENOZOIC; CONGLOMERATE; LOS ANGELES; MOJAVE DESERT; PROVENANCE;

LANDFORMS;

CONGLOMERATE; EOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879889665     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<1635:POQCIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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