A bottom-up control on fresh-bedrock topography under landscapes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 6576-6581

  Rempe, Daniella M ^a   Dietrich, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LANDSCAPE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL; SOIL EROSION; STEADY STATE; THICKNESS; WATER TABLE; WEATHERING;

GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS; WEATHER;

EID: 84899800607     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1404763111     Document Type: Article

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