Experimental evidence for fluvial bedrock incision by suspended and bedload sediment

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 523-526

  Scheingross, Joel S ^a   Brun, Fanny ^a,b   Lo, Daniel Y ^a   Omerdin, Khadijah ^a   Lamb, Michael P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; EROSION;

BEDLOAD SEDIMENTS; BEDROCK INCISION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; EXTERNAL FORCING; FORMATION AND EVOLUTIONS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; LOWLAND RIVERS; SUBSTRATE STRENGTH;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ABRASION; BEDLOAD; BEDROCK; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 84902163794     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35432.1     Document Type: Article

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