Birth and evolution of the Rio Grande fluvial system in the past 8 Ma: Progressive downward integration and the influence of tectonics, volcanism, and climate

M Repasch, K Karlstrom, M Heizler, M Pecha - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Rio Grande fluvial system has evolved dramatically over the past 8 Ma,
undergoing channel migrations, drainage capture and integration events, volcanic …

Basin inversion: a worldwide Late Cenozoic phenomenon

DR Bridgland, R Westaway, Z Hu - Global and Planetary Change, 2020 - Elsevier
The occurrence of endorheic basins on the Tibetan Plateau, both in its Pleistocene history
and (fewer in number) at the present day, has been attributed to the 'basin-and …

Fluvial sequences as evidence for landscape and climatic evolution in the Late Cenozoic: a synthesis of data from IGCP 518

R Westaway, DR Bridgland, R Sinha, T Demir - Global and Planetary …, 2009 - Elsevier
This editorial synthesis introduces a collection of papers derived from International
Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Project 518, entitled 'Fluvial Sequences as Evidence for …

Evidence for Younger Dryas global climate oscillation and human response in the American Southwest

JAM Ballenger, VT Holliday, AL Kowler, WT Reitze… - Quaternary …, 2011 - Elsevier
Whether or not abrupt Younger Dryas climate change affected regional paleoenvironments
and late Pleistocene hunter-gatherer populations is an important topic in the archaeology of …

Endorheic‐exorheic transitions of the Rio Grande and East African rifts

M Berry, J Van Wijk, D Cadol, E Emry… - Geochemistry …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Tectonic extension of continental lithosphere creates accommodation space in which
sediments are deposited. Climate‐driven processes provide the mechanism by which mass …

[HTML][HTML] Pliocene and Pleistocene vertebrates of New Mexico

GS Morgan, AH Harris - New Mexico Museum of Natural History …, 2015 - books.google.com
New Mexico has a diverse record of Pliocene and Pleistocene vertebrates, including faunas
from all three North American land-mammal “age” s (NALMAs) that occur within those two …

Magnitude and duration of surface uplift above the Socorro magma body

NJ Finnegan, ME Pritchard - Geology, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We use interferometric synthetic aperture radar and geomorphic data to constrain the
magnitude and duration of uplift driven by the magma body beneath Socorro, New Mexico …

Climatic controls on nonmarine depositional sequences in the Albuquerque Basin, Rio Grande rift, north-central New Mexico

SD Connell, GA Smith, JW Geissman, WC McIntosh - 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT We investigated a Plio-Pleistocene alluvial succession in the Albuquerque
Basin of the Rio Grande rift in New Mexico using geomorphic, stratigraphic, sedimentologic …

Middle Pleistocene formation of the Rio Grande Gorge, San Luis Valley, south-central Colorado and north-central New Mexico, USA: Process, timing, and downstream …

CA Ruleman, AM Hudson, RA Thompson… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Rio Grande is the fourth longest river in North America extending over 3,000
km from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of Mexico. The Pleistocene evolution of this river …

[PDF][PDF] Ground sloths of New Mexico

HG McDonald, GS Morgan - New Mexico Museum of Natural History …, 2011 - academia.edu
Ground sloths in New Mexico first appear in the late Miocene (early Hemphillian) and
survive in the state until the extinctions at the end of the Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) …