Self-formed bedrock waterfalls

Amplified erosion above waterfalls and oversteepened bedrock reaches

, where E(x=La) is the erosion rate at the upstream end of the flow acceleration zone above a waterfall, Fr is the Froude number at this setting, and n ranges between 0.5–1.7. This amplification expression suggests that erosion at the lip could be as much as 2–5 times higher relative to erosion at a normal setting with identical hydraulic geometry. Utilizing this erosion amplification expressio...

Evolution by Bedrock Landslides

, 369 (1997); 275 Science et al. Alexander L. Densmore, Hillslope Evolution by Bedrock Landslides www.sciencemag.org (this information is current as of September 3, 2008 ): The following resources related to this article are available online at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/275/5298/369 version of this article at: including high-resolution figures, can be found in the online Update...

Infiltration into fractured bedrock

[1] One potential consequence of global climate change and rapid changes in land use is an increased risk of flooding. Proper understanding of floodwater infiltration thus becomes a crucial component of our preparedness to meet the environmental challenges of projected climate change. In this paper, we present the results of a long-term infiltration experiment performed on fractured ash flow tu...

The Bedrock Tutorial

Kinematics of steep bedrock permafrost

[1] The mechanisms that control climate-dependent rockfall from permafrost mountain slopes are currently poorly understood. In this study, we present the results of an extensive rock slope monitoring campaign at the Matterhorn (Switzerland) with a wireless sensor network. A negative dependency of cleft expansion relative to temperature was observed at all clefts for the dominant part of the yea...