Epigenetic gorges in fluvial landscapes

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1993-2009

  Quimet, W B ^a,d   Whipple, K X ^b   Crosby, B T ^c   Johnson, J P ^a   Schildgen, T F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic gorge; Landscape evolution; Landslides; River incision; Strath terraces

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; SEDIMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; STREAM FLOW; TECTONICS;

BEDROCK INCISIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITIES; DENUDATION RATES; EPIGENETIC GORGE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LANDSLIDE DAMS; LATERAL MOBILITIES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; PALEOVALLEY; SIDE-WALLS; STRATH TERRACES; TECTONIC ACTIVITIES;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GORGE; INCISED VALLEY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LANDSLIDE;

EID: 63049138769     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1650     Document Type: Article

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