All Articles tagged Sierra Nevada

• Science Paper
  December 01, 2020 EDT
  Reconstruction of the Original Extent of the Tertiary Pre-Volcanic Gravels in the Northern Sierra Nevada (CA): Implications for the Range’s Paleotopography
  Christina M. TippEmmanuel J. Gabet

  The ancient auriferous gravels that helped spawn the California Gold Rush have figured prominently in investigations of the Cenozoic history of the Sierra Nevada. These fluvial sediments, scattered throughout the...

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• Science Paper
  February 01, 2012 EDT
  Topographic Evolution of the Sierra Nevada Measured Directly by Inversion of Low-Temperature Thermochronology
  Devin McPhillipsMark T. Brandon

  At present, there are at least two competing ideas for the topographic evolution of the Sierra Nevada. One idea is that the Sierra Nevada was formed as a monocline in...

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• Science Paper
  February 01, 2012 EDT
  Eocene Drainage Evolution and Erosion of the Sierra Nevada Batholith Across Northern California and Nevada
  Elizabeth J. CasselMarty GroveStephan A. Graham

  Detrital zircon analysis of Eocene to Oligocene fluvial sediments (“auriferous gravels”) in the Yuba and Feather River drainages, northern California, provides new constraints on the evolution of the paleo-drainage system,...

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