The recognition of terminal fluvial systems, otherwise termed 'terminal fans' or 'distributary
fluvial fan systems', preserved in the ancient rock record is based primarily on the …

Spectacular color variations in the Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone reflect stratigraphic
and structural control on the spatial distribution of fluid-driven alteration. Field observations …

Abstract The Rocky Mountain orogenic plateau has the highest mean elevation and
topographic relief in the contiguous United States. The mean altitude exceeds 2 km above …

Abstract The Permian Cedar Mesa Sandstone represents the product of at least 12 separate
aeolian erg sequences, each bounded by regionally extensive deflationary supersurfaces …

Abstract The Colorado River system in southern Utah and northern Arizona is continuing to
adjust to the baselevel fall responsible for the carving of the Grand Canyon. Estimates of …

Field data from channels in the Henry Mountains of Utah demonstrate that abundant coarse
sediment can inhibit fluvial incision into bedrock by armoring channel beds (the cover effect) …

This paper provides a critical review and regional synthesis of Late Cretaceous shallow-
marine deposits along part of the western margin of the Western Interior Seaway of North …

The large-scale effects of tidal waves entering the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway from
the Gulf of Mexico have previously been modeled, but the field evidence for tides in the …

Despite numerous studies on the structural evolution of metamorphic core complexes, there
is still little consensus on the set and sequence of processes that bring deep levels of the …

Well-exposed three-dimensional fluvial outcrops of the high net-sand content middle
Wasatch Formation in Three Canyon, Uinta Basin, Utah, were used to create and develop a …