Geology of Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, New Jersey-Pennsylvania

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 8, Issue , 2006, Pages 47-63

  Epstein, Jack B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; Geomorphology; Glacial geology; Stratigraphy; Structure

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; HISTORY; LANDFORMS; RECREATION CENTERS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; DELAWARE RIVER; FIELD TRIPS; FIRST-STOP; NATIONAL PARK SYSTEMS; NATURAL PROCESS; PENNSYLVANIA; WATER GAPS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 84975693185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2006.fld008(04)     Document Type: Article

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