Hanging valleys in fluvial systems: Controls on occurrence and implications for landscape evolution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Wobus, Cameron W ^a,b   Crosby, Benjamin T ^a   Whipple, Kelin X ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CHANNEL; EROSION; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; TRIBUTARY; VALLEY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 34047220982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JF000406     Document Type: Article

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