The effects of precipitation gradients on river profile evolution on the Big Island of Hawai'i

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 594-608

  Menking, James A ^a,c   Han, Jianwei ^a   Gasparini, Nicole M ^a   Johnson, Joel P L ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK INCISION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; LONGITUDINAL PROFILE; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; OROGRAPHIC RAINFALLS; PRECIPITATION GRADIENTS; SEDIMENT PRODUCTION; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES;

BASALT; HURRICANE EFFECTS; LITHOLOGY; WEATHERING;

RIVERS;

BEDROCK; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; INCISED VALLEY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LITHOLOGY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KOHALA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875115262     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30625.1     Document Type: Article

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