River longitudinal profiles and bedrock incision models: Stream power and the influence of sediment supply

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 107, Issue , 1998, Pages 237-260

  Sklar, Leonard ^a   Dietrich, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85010254844     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM107p0237     Document Type: Chapter

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