Fluvial landscape response time: How plausible is steady-state denudation?

American Journal of Science

Volumn 301, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 313-325

  Whipple, Kelin X ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENUDATION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIMESCALE;

EID: 0035535906     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/ajs.301.4-5.313     Document Type: Article

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