Distinguishing brackish lacustrine from brackish marine deposits in the stratigraphic record: A case study from the late Miocene and early Pliocene Bouse Formation …
J Bright, AS Cohen, SW Starratt - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Brackish marine and brackish continental environments are fundamentally different from a
compositional perspective. Brackish water is often defined as having salinity lower than that …
compositional perspective. Brackish water is often defined as having salinity lower than that …
Impact of drainage integration on basin geomorphology and landform evolution: A case study along the Salt and Verde rivers, Sonoran Desert, USA
Abstract The Salt and Verde rivers, Sonoran Desert, USA, integrated multiple endorheic
extensional basins near the start of the Quaternary. Integration began via spillover on both …
extensional basins near the start of the Quaternary. Integration began via spillover on both …
Importance of groundwater in propagating downward integration of the 6–5 Ma Colorado River system: Geochemistry of springs, travertines, and lacustrine carbonates …
We applied multiple geochemical tracers (87Sr/86Sr,[Sr], δ13C, and δ18O) to waters and
carbonates of the lower Colorado River system to evaluate its paleohydrology over the past …
carbonates of the lower Colorado River system to evaluate its paleohydrology over the past …
Redefining the age of the lower Colorado River, southwestern United States
Sanidine dating and magnetostratigraphy constrain the timing of integration of the lower
Colorado River (southwestern United States and northern Mexico) with the evolving Gulf of …
Colorado River (southwestern United States and northern Mexico) with the evolving Gulf of …
Detrital zircon U-Pb provenance of the Colorado River: A 5 my record of incision into cover strata overlying the Colorado Plateau and adjacent regions
New detrital zircon U-Pb age distributions from 49 late Cenozoic sandstones and Holocene
sands (49 samples, n= 3922) record the arrival of extra-regional early Pliocene Colorado …
sands (49 samples, n= 3922) record the arrival of extra-regional early Pliocene Colorado …
Drainage integration of the Salt and Verde rivers in a Basin and Range extensional landscape, central Arizona, USA
Abstract The Salt River and Verde River watersheds provide downstream metropolitan
Phoenix, Arizona, USA with much of its water supply, and this paper explains how these …
Phoenix, Arizona, USA with much of its water supply, and this paper explains how these …
River-evolution and tectonic implications of a major Pliocene aggradation on the lower Colorado River: The Bullhead Alluvium
The∼ 200-m-thick riverlaid Bullhead Alluvium along the lower Colorado River downstream
of Grand Canyon records massive early Pliocene sediment aggradation following the …
of Grand Canyon records massive early Pliocene sediment aggradation following the …
Evidence for a marine incursion along the lower Colorado River corridor
K McDougall, AY Miranda Martínez - Geosphere, 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Foraminiferal assemblages in the stratigraphically lower part of the Bouse Formation in the
Blythe basin (lower Colorado River corridor, western USA) indicate marine conditions …
Blythe basin (lower Colorado River corridor, western USA) indicate marine conditions …
Punctuated sediment discharge during early Pliocene birth of the Colorado River: Evidence from regional stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleontology
RJ Dorsey, B O'Connell, K McDougall, MB Homan - Sedimentary Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Colorado River in the southwestern US provides an excellent natural
laboratory for studying the origins of a continent-scale river system, because deposits that …
laboratory for studying the origins of a continent-scale river system, because deposits that …
A legacy of geo‐climatic complexity and genetic divergence along the lower Colorado River: Insights from the geological record and 33 desert‐adapted animals
Aim To review the histories of the Colorado River and North American monsoon system to
ascertain their effects on the genetic divergence of desert‐adapted animals. Location Lower …
ascertain their effects on the genetic divergence of desert‐adapted animals. Location Lower …