[Parameters: Topic='LAND SURFACE', Term='EROSION/SEDIMENTATION', Variable_Level_1='WEATHERING']
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Desert Landforms and Surface Processes in the Mojave National Preserve and Vicinity
Entry ID:
USGS_OFR_2004_1007
Summary
Abstract:
Landscape features in the Mojave National Preserve are a product of ongoing
processes involving tectonic forces, weathering, and erosion. Long-term climatic cycles (wet and dry periods) have left a decipherable record preserved as landform features and sedimentary deposits. This website provides and introduction to climate-driven desert processes influencing landscape features including stream channels, alluvial fans, playas (dry lakebeds), dunes, and mountain landscapes. Bedrock characteristics, and the geometry of past and ongoing faulting, fracturing, volcanism, and landscape uplift and subsidence influence the character of processes happening at the surface. [Summary provided by the USGS.]
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
U.S. Geological Survey
Dataset Title:
Desert Landforms and Surface Processes in the Mojave National Preserve and Vicinity
Dataset Series Name:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
Dataset Release Date:
2004
Dataset Publisher:
U.S. Geological Survey
Version:
1.0
Online Resource:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1007/
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Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
Online
Fees:
No fees
Personnel
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Phone:
(301) 614-6898
Fax:
301-614-5268
Email:
Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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City:
Greenbelt
Province or State:
MD
Postal Code:
20771
Country:
USA
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2004-08-20
Last DIF Revision Date:
2004-08-25
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