Influence of lithology on hillslope morphology and response to tectonic forcing in the northern Sierra Nevada of California

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 832-851

  Hurst, Martin D ^a,b   Mudd, Simon M ^a,c   Yoo, Kyungsoo ^d   Attal, Mikael ^a   Walcott, Rachel ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geomorphology; hillslopes; landscape evolution; LiDAR; lithology

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LIDAR; LITHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

CALIFORNIA; FEATHER RIVER; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880712261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20049     Document Type: Article

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