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Research article
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05 Jan 2015
Research article |
| 05 Jan 2015
Erosional response of an actively uplifting mountain belt to cyclic rainfall variations
ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes and CNRS BP 53, 38041 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France
C. Voisin
ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes and CNRS BP 53, 38041 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France
A. T. Gourlan
ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes and CNRS BP 53, 38041 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France
C. Chauvel
ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes and CNRS BP 53, 38041 Grenoble CEDEX 9, France
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Short summary
We have derived a simple solution to the stream power law equation governing the erosion of rapidly uplifting tectonic areas assuming that rainfall varies as a periodic function of time. We show that the erosional response of this forcing is characterized by an amplification of the resulting erosional flux variations as well as a time lag. We show how this time lag can be important in interpreting several geological observations.
We have derived a simple solution to the stream power law equation governing the erosion of...
