Functional relationships between denudation andhillslope form and relief

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 245-258

  Roering, Joshua J ^a   Perron, J Taylor ^b   Kirchner, James W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

erosion; hillslope; landscape; relief; rock uplift

Indexed keywords

HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE; ROCK UPLIFT;

EROSION; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

ALTIMETRY; DENUDATION; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; RELIEF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TOPOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36049011982     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.09.035     Document Type: Article

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