Fluvial erosion/transport equation of landscape evolution models revisited

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Davy, Philippe ^a   Lague, Dimitri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EROSION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MASS BALANCE; MODELING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER COLUMN; BEDLOAD; WATER EROSION;

EID: 75849161206     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JF001146     Document Type: Article

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