A statistical framework to quantify spatial variation in channel gradients using the integral method of channel profile analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 138-152

  Mudd, Simon M ^a   Attal, Mikaël ^a   Milodowski, David T ^a   Grieve, Stuart W D ^a   Valters, Declan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bedrock channels; landscape evolution; topographic analysis

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ERODIBILITY; EROSION RATE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84895550013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002981     Document Type: Article

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