Normal fault control on bedrock channel incision and sediment supply: Insights from numerical modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Hardy, Stuart ^a   Gawthorpe, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedrock; Faulting; Incision; Sediments; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DOWNCUTTING; NORMAL FAULT; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 0037058184     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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