Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Buffalo Creek and the South Fork Powder River along the south and southeast flank of the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. Buffalo Creek is a southeast, northeast, and north-northwest oriented tributary to the northeast oriented Middle Fork Powder River. The Middle Fork […]
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Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Middle Fork Powder River and Buffalo Creek in the Wyoming southern Bighorn Mountains. The Middle Fork Powder River originates in the southern Bighorn Mountains along the asymmetric Bighorn River-Powder River drainage divide and flows in a north, northeast, east, […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Clear Creek and Crazy Woman Creek in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. Clear Creek headwaters originate in the high Bighorn Mountains and flow in southeast, east, and northeast directions to converge in a north to south oriented through valley along […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between South Piney Creek and North Clear Creek in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. North Clear Creek originates east of Florence Pass in the high Bighorn Mountains and flows in an east direction to near the Bighorn Mountains east slope base […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Goose Creek and Piney Creek in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. Big and Little Goose Creek headwaters originate north of north-to-south oriented passes across the high Bighorn Mountains and flow in north directions to converge east of the Bighorn Mountains […]
Abstract: This essay uses topographic map evidence to interpret landform origins in the region between Nowood River and Powder River in the Wyoming Bighorn Mountains. The Nowood River is located along the east side of southern Bighorn Basin and flows in a north direction along the Bighorn Mountains west flank before turning to flow […]
A geomorphic history based on topographic map evidence Abstract: The Crazy Woman Creek-Powder River drainage divide area discussed here is located in northeastern Wyoming, USA. Although detailed topographic maps of the Crazy Woman Creek-Powder River drainage divide area have been available for more than fifty years detailed map evidence has not previously been used to […]