Bedrock erosion by root fracture and tree throw: A coupled biogeomorphic model to explore the humped soil production function and the persistence of hillslope soils

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Gabet, Emmanuel J ^a   Mudd, Simon M ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL EROSION; WEATHERING;

PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 77958132664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001526     Document Type: Article

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