The Neogene drainage history of south-central Idaho

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 21, Issue , 2011, Pages 103-123

  Link, Paul K ^a   Hodges, Mary K V ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CATCHMENTS; SAND; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON; ZIRCON DEPOSITS;

AIR FORCE BASE; DETRITAL ZIRCON; DRAINAGE PATTERNS; EARLY PLEISTOCENE; IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORIES; SNAKE RIVER PLAINS; SUBSURFACE DATA; VOLCANIC CENTERS;

RIVER DIVERSION;

EID: 85044428021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.0021(05)     Document Type: Article

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