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Alluvial fans in the Death Valley region, California and Nevada / by Charles S. Denny.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Denny, Charles Storrow, 1911- author.
- Series:
- Geological Survey professional paper ; 466.
- Geological Survey professional paper ; 466
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alluvial fans--Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.).
- Alluvial fans.
- Physical geography--Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.).
- Physical geography.
- Sedimentation and deposition.
- Alluvium.
- Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.).
- United States--Death Valley.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iv, 62 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Distribution:
- Washington : United States Government Printing Office
- Other Title:
- Death Valley region, California and Nevada
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1965.
- Contents:
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Method of study
- Definitions and symbols
- Geography
- Shadow Mountain fan
- Geology
- Geomorphology
- Modern washes
- Abandoned washes
- Origin of washes
- Desert payment
- Origin of pavement
- Pediment
- Origin of the Shadow Mountain fan
- Fan east of Alkali Flat
- Fans surrounding hills near Devils Hole
- Bat Mountain fan
- Fans east of Greenwater Range
- Fans in Greenwater Valley
- Death Valley fans
- Characteristics of fans
- Size and relation to pediments
- Fan-building washes
- Washes heading on a fan
- Conclusions
- References cited
- Index.
- Notes:
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (USGS viewed Aug. 18, 2017).
- "A survey and interpretation of some aspects of desert geomorphology."
- Includes bibliographical references (page 59) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2016.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Denny, Charles Storrow, 1911-. Alluvial fans in the Death Valley region, California and Nevada.
- OCLC:
- 966417359
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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