Summary and synthesis of geomorphic studies conducted during the 1996 controlled flood in grand canyon

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 110, Issue , 1999, Pages 329-341

  Schmidt, John C ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85040107292     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM110p0329     Document Type: Chapter

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