Preexisting fractures and the formation of an iconic American landscape: Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, USA

GSA Today

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4-10

  Becker, Richard A ^a   Tikoff, Basil ^a   Riley, Paul R ^b   Iverson, Neal R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; FRACTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LITHOLOGY; MEADOW;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 84989912074     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GSATG203A.1     Document Type: Article

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