Beyond threshold hillslopes: Channel adjustment to base-level fall in tectonically active mountain ranges

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 579-582

  Ouimet, William B ^a   Whipple, Kelin X ^b   Granger, Darryl E ^c  

^a University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DYNAMIC RANGE; EROSION RATES; HIGH RATE; HILLSLOPE EVOLUTION; HILLSLOPES; MODEL-BASED; MOUNTAIN RANGES; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; RIVER CHANNELS; RIVER SANDS; THEORETICAL MODELS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EROSION; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; RIVERS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

ACTIVE FAULT; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; EROSION RATE; HILLSLOPE; MOUNTAIN REGION; RIVER CHANNEL; SLOPE STABILITY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 69649090511     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30013A.1     Document Type: Article

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