Influence of bedrock structures on the spatial pattern of erosional landforms in small alpine catchments

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1407-1423

  Loye, Alexandre ^a   Pedrazzini, Andrea ^a   Theule, Joshua I ^b   Jaboyedoff, Michel ^a   Liébault, Frédéric ^b   Metzger, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Erosional landforms; Joint frequency; Morphostructural analysis; Rock basin evolution; Structural control

Indexed keywords

ALPINE CATCHMENTS; BASIN EVOLUTION; BEDROCK STRUCTURES; CLASTIC MATERIALS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSIONAL PROCESS; EVOLUTION MODELS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HARD ROCKS; INITIATION AND PROPAGATION; INTRUSIVE ROCKS; JOINT CONFIGURATION; LOCAL PATTERNS; MASS WASTING; MORPHOSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; MOUNTAIN ROCKS; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; ROCK STRENGTH; ROCK TYPES; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SLOPE FAILURE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL SETTING;

DEBRIS; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; ROCKS; RUNOFF; SLOPE STABILITY; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

CATCHMENTS;

BEDROCK; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 84867101448     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3285     Document Type: Article

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