Implications of the saltation-abrasion bedrock incision model for steady-state river longitudinal profile relief and concavity

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1129-1151

  Sklar, Leonard S ^a   Dietrich, William E ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedrock channels; Erosion; Geomorphology; River profile; Sediment supply

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; METALLURGY; ROCKS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SHEARING MACHINES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BEDROCK INCISION; BOUNDARY SHEAR STRESS; CALIBRATED MODELS; CHANNEL BEDS; CO VARIATIONS; COARSE SEDIMENTS; GRAIN SIZES; HIGH RATES; LESSER EXTENTS; LONGITUDINAL PROFILE; PROFILE RELIEF; RIVER INCISION; ROCK STRENGTH; ROCK UPLIFT RATES; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT MOTION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; STRENGTH (IGC: D5/D6); UPLIFT RATE; WIDE-RANGE;

RIVERS;

ABRASION; BEDLOAD; BEDROCK; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; SALTATION; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 46649110965     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1689     Document Type: Article

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