High bedrock incision rates in the Atenguillo River valley, Jalisco, western Mexico

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 337-343

  Righter, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Base level change; Bedrock incision; Extension; Knickpoint

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006233049     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199704)22:4<337::AID-ESP684>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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