Amplified erosion above waterfalls and oversteepened bedrock reaches

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Haviv, I ^a,c   Enzel, Y ^a   Whipple, K X ^b   Zilberman, E ^c   Stone, J ^d   Matmon, A ^a   Fifield, L K ^e  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BEDROCK; EROSION RATE; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; WATERFALL;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34147155443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000461     Document Type: Article

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