Assessing the relative efficiency of fluvial and glacial erosion through simulation of fluvial landscapes

Geomorphology

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 283-299

  Brocklehurst, Simon H ^a   Whipple, Kelin X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacial erosion; Landscape evolution

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIER; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

JATROPHA CARDIOPHYLLA;

EID: 33645877944     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.07.028     Document Type: Article

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