A criteria-based methodology for
determining the mechanism of transverse drainage
development, with application to the southwestern USA
John Douglass
Correspondence: Department of Geography, Paradise Valley Community College, 18401 N. 32nd St., Phoenix, AZ 85032
e-mail: john.douglass@pvmail.maricopa.edu
Norm Meek
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, 5500 University Parkway, SB 327, San Bernardino, CA 92407
Email: nmeek@verizon.netRon Dorn
School of Geographical Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 870104, Tempe, AZ 85287-0104
Email: Ronald.Dorn@asu.eduMark Schmeeckle
School of Geographical Sciences, Arizona State University, PO Box 870104, Tempe, AZ 85287-0104
Email: Mark.Schmeeckle@asu.edu
| Introduction: This data repository presents the compilation of evidence and criteria-referenced analysis of twenty transverse drainages in the southwestern U.S.A.. Sites were selected from the major physiographic provinces, six from the Basin and Range, seven from the Transition Zone, and seven from the Colorado Plateau. The selection process and the methodology used to analyze these twenty sites are presented in the main text, which uses the same structure in site numbers and names. The data repository is organized by physiographic province. For each site there is a short description of the location; discussion of the evidence as it relates to the consideration of the four mechanisms antecedence, superimposition, overflow, and piracy; a table that compiles the evidence by their applicability to the transverse drainage criteria; and lastly, an image of the site from either the field or MicroDEM. Table of Contents: 1. Field Sites: A Map-Based Interactive Presentation 2. Field Sites: A Tabular-Based Interactive Presentation 3. How to evaluate the responsible mechanism for a transverse drainage using established critiera: an interactive approach 4. Modeling movie presenting physical models that illustrate the overflow, piracy and antecedence mechanisms |