Scaling laws for aggradation, denudation and progradation rates: The case for time-scale invariance at sediment sources and sinks

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 404, Issue , 2015, Pages 69-88

  Sadler, Peter M ^a   Jerolmack, Douglas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; AGGRADATION; DENUDATION; EROSION RATE; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84922385757     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP404.7     Document Type: Article

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