Stream capture as driver of transient landscape evolution in a tectonically quiescent setting

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 823-826

  Prince, Philip S ^a   Spotila, James A ^a   Henika, William S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; BASIN AREA; EROSION RATES; FLUVIAL GRAVELS; FORCINGS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; PASSIVE MARGIN BASINS; RIVER BASINS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TECTONIC UPLIFT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS; GRAVEL; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENTS;

ASYMMETRY; BEDROCK; EROSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAVEL; HEADWATER; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PASSIVE MARGIN; PROVENANCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; TECTONICS;

APPALACHIANS; NEW RIVER [NORTH CAROLINA]; NORTH CAROLINA; ROANOKE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054004087     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32008.1     Document Type: Article

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