Sapping Features of the Colorado Plateau : a Comparative Planetary Geology Field Guide
- Author:
- Holt, Henry E.
- Published:
- JAN 1, 1987.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Kochel, R. Craig and Howard, Alan D.
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- This book is an attempt to determine geomorphic criteria to be used to distinguish between channels formed predominantly by sapping and seepage erosion and those formed principally by surface runoff processes. The geologic nature of the Colorado Plateau has resulted in geomorphic features that show similarities to some areas on Mars, especially certain valley networks within thick sandstone formations. Where spring sapping is an effective process, the valleys that develop are unique in terms of their morphology and network pattern.
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- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 19890001030.
Accession ID: 89N10401.
LC-87-15305.
NAS 1.21:491.
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