Hillslope evolution by diffusive processes: The timescale for equilibrium adjustments

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1307-1318

  Fernandes, Nelson F ^a   Dietrich, William E ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL INCISION; CLIMATE; CONVEX HILLSLOPE; HILLSLOPE DEVELOPMENT; SLOPE PROCESSES; TIMESCALE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATIC OSCILLATIONS; DIFFUSION-BASED MODEL; DIFFUSIVE PROCESS; HILLSLOPE EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; SOIL-MANTLED LANDSCAPES; TIME INDEPENDENTS;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 0030619888     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR00534     Document Type: Article

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