Changes in bedrock channel morphology driven by displacement rate increase during normal fault interaction and linkage

Basin Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-59

  Hopkins, Michael C ^a   Dawers, Nancye H ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT; PLEISTOCENE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920973622     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bre.12072     Document Type: Article

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