A signature of transience in bedrock river incision rates over timescales of 10 4 -10 7 years

Nature

Volumn 505, Issue 7483, 2014, Pages 391-394

  Finnegan, Noah J ^a   Schumer, Rina ^b   Finnegan, Seth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BEDROCK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; STRENGTH; TIMESCALE; UPLIFT;

ARTICLE; BEDROCK RIVER INCISION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; POWER LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892561442     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12913     Document Type: Article

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