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1 online resource. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Developments in Earth surface processes ; volume 24 |
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Developments in earth surface processes ; 24.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 30, 2024). |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Landscape Evolution of Continental-Scale River Systems -- Landscape Evolution of Continental-Scale River Systems -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 -- Paleo-Bell River concept -- Introduction -- Paleo-Bell River drainage divides -- Amazon River-The Paleo-Bell River's twin -- Historical development of Paleo-Bell River concept -- Detrital zircon geochronology -- Transcontinental river systems have tectonically active headwaters -- Concluding thoughts -- References -- 2 -- Paleo-Bell River delta in the Labrador Sea -- Introduction -- Location and extent of the delta |
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Hydrocarbon exploration of the delta -- Age and tectonic origin of the Labrador Sea -- Stratigraphy of the delta -- Rise and fall of Western Interior and Hudson Seaways -- Erosion of the delta by glacial ice-streams -- Northwest Atlantic Mid-ocean channel -- References -- 3 -- Paleo-Bell River detrital-zircon sources -- Introduction -- Detrital-zircon U-Pb dates -- Dates from the delta -- Two phases of deposition -- Bedrock sources for paleo-Bell delta zircons -- Case study: Test of Colorado Plateau detrital zircon sources in delta at 34-18 million years |
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Comparison to other North American deposits -- References -- Further reading -- 4 -- Paleo-Bell River captures the Great Basin -- Introduction -- Western Interior Seaway-template for the Paleo-Bell River -- Tectonic setting -- Early headwaters -- Paleo-Missouri drainage basin, 59 to 18m.y.a. -- The Great Basin -- Basin and Range Province -- Sixmile Creek Formation -- Yellowstone hotspot -- Summary -- References -- 5 -- Paleo-Bell River captures the Colorado Plateau -- Introduction -- Colorado Plateau connection -- Williston Basin (1) -- Crazy Mountains and Beartooth Plateau (2) |
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Bighorn Mountains and canyon (3) -- Wind River Canyon (4) -- Granite Mountains and Beaver Divide (5) -- Great lakes of the Rockies (6) -- Paleo-California River (7) -- Browns Park graben (8) -- Rio Grande rift valley (9) -- Colorado Plateau (10) -- Mogollon Rim (11) -- Southern Cordilleran magmatic arc (12) -- Triassic/Jurassic wind-blown sandstones (13, 17) -- Chuska erg (14) -- Little Colorado River (15) -- Summary -- References -- Further reading -- 6 -- Paleo-Bell River and early Grand Canyon -- Introduction -- Phase A. 59 to 58 million years ago: drainage to Labrador Sea |
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Phase B. 58 to 56 million years ago: sluggish rivers, diversion to Gulf of Mexico -- Phase C. 55 to 43 million years ago: "Great Lakes of the Rockies" -- Phase D. 42 to 38 million years ago: regional erosional planation of Laramide foreland -- Phase E. 37 to 28 million years ago: Chuska erg sand dunes -- Phase F. 28 to 16 million years ago: deep erosional dissection of early Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau -- Phase G. 16 to 6 million years ago: drainage reversal of Colorado Plateau |
| Subject |
Fluvial geomorphology -- North America.
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Géomorphologie fluviale -- Amérique du Nord.
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| Other Form: |
ebook version : 9780443133053 |
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Original 0443133042 9780443133046 (OCoLC)1374116476 |
| ISBN |
9780443133053 electronic book |
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0443133050 electronic book |
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0443133042 |
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9780443133046 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000076200377 |
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AU@ 000076286934 |
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