Effects of orographic precipitation variations on the concavity of steady-state river profiles

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-146

  Roe, Gerard H ^a   Montgomery, David R ^a   Hallet, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial erosion; Mountain building; Orography; Precipitation; Relief

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; EROSION; RIVERS;

LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EROSION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 84874972916     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0143:EOOPVO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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