Covariation of climate and long-term erosion rates across a steep rainfall gradient on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 125, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 1146-1163

  Ferrier, Ken L ^a   Taylor Perron, J ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Sujoy ^b   Rosener, Matt ^c   Stock, Jonathan D ^d   Huppert, Kimberly L ^a   Slosberg, Michelle ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE GRADIENTS; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; NATURAL LABORATORIES; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; PRECIPITATION RATES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FLUX; TECTONIC HISTORY; VOLCANIC OCEAN ISLAND;

LANDSLIDES; LITHOLOGY; OLIVINE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VOLCANOES;

EROSION;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIGITAL MAPPING; EROSION RATE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SLOPE STABILITY; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880265277     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30726.1     Document Type: Article

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