Research Spotlight: What controls bedrock channel geometry?
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Controls and limits on bedrock channel geometry
[1] Data on channel geometry in naturally incising bedrock rivers reveal variable relationships between channel width, slope, and erosion rate. To explain the range of relationships between these parameters, we propose an optimized channel geometry model. The model reproduces previous theoretical and numerical modeling scaling relationships; however, to explain the field data, the model must in...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0096-3941,2324-9250
DOI: 10.1029/2011eo050011