Hillslope response to tectonic forcing in threshold landscapes

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 855-865

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

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage density; Rock exposure; Slope distributions; Threshold hillslopes

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; COSMOGENIC; DATA SETS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE DENSITY; EROSION RATES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HILLSLOPES; SLOPE DISTRIBUTION; SLOPE MEASUREMENT; TECTONIC FORCING; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA;

BERYLLIUM; CATCHMENTS; DEBRIS; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; EROSION; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTOGRAPHY; ROCKS; RUNOFF; SURVEYING;

TECTONICS;

DEBRIS FLOW; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HILLSLOPE; TECTONIC SETTING;

CALIFORNIA; SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862669645     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3205     Document Type: Article

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