Valley incision by debris flows: Evidence of a topographic signature

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Stock, J ^a   Dietrich, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Debris flows; Erosion; Incision; Landscape evolution; Stream power

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CURVE FITTING; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; TECTONICS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER RESOURCES;

DEBRIS FLOWS; LANDSCAPES;

DEBRIS;

DEBRIS FLOW; DOWNCUTTING; EROSION FEATURE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; VALLEY;

EID: 0037828325     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001WR001057     Document Type: Article

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