Sensitivity of channel profiles to precipitation properties in mountain ranges

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Wu, Shiliang ^a   Bras, Rafael L ^b   Barros, Ana P ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; EROSION RATE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34047219509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JF000164     Document Type: Article

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