Channel response to tectonic forcing: Field analysis of stream morphology and hydrology in the Mendocino triple junction region, northern California

Geomorphology

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 97-127

  Snyder, Noah P ^a   Whipple, Kelin X ^a   Tucker, Gregory E ^b   Merritts, Dorothy J ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel geometry; Discharge; Erosion rates; Landform evolution; Stream response

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; TECTONICS;

CALIFORNIA; MENDOCINO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037629049     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00349-5     Document Type: Article

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