Relationships between tributary catchments, valley-bottom width, debris-fan area, and mainstem gradient on the Colorado Plateau: A case study in Desolation and Gray Canyons on the Green River
The alluvial forms of the rivers that drain the Colorado Plateau are a product of the water and sediment load that tributaries deliver to the trunk streams. Where the Green and Colorado Rivers cross structural barriers, narrow canyons have been incised. In the steep terrain adjacent to many of these...
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DigitalCommons@USU
2002
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| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/6727 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7792&context=etd |