Late Pleistocene talus flatiron formation below the Coal Cliffs cuesta, Utah, USA

Cuesta escarpment retreat is a principal mode of exhumation in regions of layered sedimentary rock. On the Colorado Plateau, this process acts as a mechanism for maintaining high‐relief topography and facilitating drainage divide migration. Quantitative estimates of cuesta evolution are difficult to...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Earth surface processes and landforms 2018-07, Vol.43 (9), p.1973-1992
Hauptverfasser:	Sheehan, Christopher E., Ward, Dylan J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Alluvial deposits Alluvium Bedrock Boulders Cliffs Climate change Coal Dating Dating techniques Deposition Earth Earth orbits Erosion Escarpments Evolution Geomorphology Glacial deposits Glacial periods Glaciers Interglacial periods Isotopes Landscape Last Glacial Maximum Migration Plateaus Pleistocene Sedimentary rocks Slope Streams Topography Topography (geology)
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