Soil production limits and the transition to bedrock-dominated landscapes

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 210-214

  Heimsath, Arjun M ^a   DiBiase, Roman A ^a,b   Whipple, Kelin X ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CATCHMENT; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EROSION RATE; HILLSLOPE; LANDSLIDE; LITHOLOGY; MASS WASTING; PERSISTENCE; SOIL COVER; SOIL EROSION; TECTONIC SETTING; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

EID: 84857497733     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1380     Document Type: Article

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