Dynamics of the stream-power river incision model: Implications for height limits of mountain ranges, landscape response timescales, and research needs

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B8, 1999, Pages 17661-17674

  Whipple, Kelin X ^a   Tucker, Gregory E ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCISED VALLEY; UPLIFT;

EID: 0033406274     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900120     Document Type: Article

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