Keeping the edge: A numerical method that avoids knickpoint smearing when solving the stream power law

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1189-1205

  Campforts, Benjamin ^a   Govers, Gerard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

bedrock river; FVM TVD; numerical method; river incision; stream power; uplift reconstruction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; RIVER FLOW; STREAM;

EID: 84939264393     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JF003376     Document Type: Article

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