Transient river response, captured by channel steepness and its concavity

Mountain rivers draining tropical regions are known to be great conveyor belts carrying efficiently more than half of the global sediment flux to the oceans. Many tropical mountain areas are located in tectonically active belts where the hillslope and stream channel morphology are rapidly evolving i...

• 1. Verfasser: Vanacker, Veerle (author)
• Weitere Verfasser: Blanckenburg, F. von (author), Govers, Gerard (author), Molina, Armando (author), Campforts, B. (author), Kubik, P. W. (author)
• Format: article
• Sprache: eng
• Veröffentlicht: 2015
• Schlagworte: Landscape Transience; River Longitudinal Profiles; Be-Derived Denudation Rates; Erosion Control; Tropical Andes; Ecuador
• Online Zugang: http://dspace.ucuenca.edu.ec/handle/123456789/22012