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Cosmogenic nuclides, topography, and the spatial variation of soil depth

Cosmogenic isotopes in geomorphology

Auteurs :
HEIMSATH, A.M.
DIETRICH, W.E.
NISHIIZUMI, K.
FINKEL, R.C.
HARBOR, J.

Description :
Here, the AA. explore the issue of equilibrium landscapes through a previously developed model that predicts the spatial variation in thickness of soil as a consequence of the local balance between soil production and erosion. They present 2 independent methods that can be used to define quantitatively the function of soil production for a study site in Northern California. The results suggest that the study site has been subjected to a wave of incision and varying intensities of erosion because of tectonic and climatic oscillations that have a frequency shorter than the morphologic response time of the landscape.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Geomorphology (Amsterdam), issn : 0169-555X, 1999, vol. 27, n°. 1-2, p. 151-172, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 69 ref.

Date :
1999

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, Elsevier

Langue :
Anglais
Droits :
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