River incision into bedrock: Mechanics and relative efficacy of plucking, abrasion, and cavitation

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 490-503

  Whipple, K X ^a   Hancock, G S ^a   Anderson, R S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion forms; Erosion rates; Fluvial erosion; Geomorphology; Landscape evolution; Processes

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; CAVITATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PROCESSING; RIVERS; SHEAR STRESS; WEATHERING;

BEDROCK CHANNELS; BEDROCK EROSION; EROSION RATES; FLUVIAL EROSION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL WEATHERING;

EROSION;

ABRASION; BEDROCK; EROSION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INCISED VALLEY; RIVER;

EID: 84874960326     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<490:RIIBMA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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