Articles | Volume 10, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-833-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-833-2022
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11 Aug 2022
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Short communication: Forward and inverse analytic models relating river long profile to tectonic uplift history, assuming a nonlinear slope–erosion dependency

Yizhou Wang, Liran Goren, Dewen Zheng, and Huiping Zhang

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Abrupt changes in tectonic uplift rates induce sharp changes in river profile, called knickpoints. When river erosion depends non-linearly on slope, we develop an analytic model for knickpoint velocity and find the condition of knickpoint merging. Then we develop analytic models that represent the two-directional link between tectonic changes and river profile evolution. The derivation provides new understanding on the links between tectonic changes and river profile evolution.
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