Amphitheatre‐headed canyons of Southern Utah: Stratigraphic control of canyon morphology

Authors :: Andrew Ryan
Kelin X. Whipple
Source :: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 45:3607-3622
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Wiley, 2020.
Abstract: Amphitheater-headed canyon distribution in Southern Utah is most strongly related to local stratigraphy, rather than groundwater seepage erosion.

Subjects :: Canyon
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Geography, Planning and Development
Planetary geology
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
01 natural sciences
Paleontology
Stratigraphy
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
Erosion
Geology
Groundwater
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Earth-Surface Processes
Groundwater seepage

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