The stream power river incision model: Evidence, theory and beyond

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-61

  Lague, Dimitri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Channel geometry; Knickpoints; River incision; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; RIVERS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CHANNEL GEOMETRY; INCISION RATES; KNICKPOINTS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; POWER EXPONENT; QUANTITATIVE DATA; THRESHOLD EFFECT; TRANSIENT DYNAMICS;

STREAM FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STOCHASTICITY; STREAMFLOW; THEORETICAL STUDY; THRESHOLD;

EID: 84891663719     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3462     Document Type: Article

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