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15 Jan 2016
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Tectonic geomorphology at small catchment sizes – extensions of the stream-power approach and the χ method
S. Hergarten
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institut für Geo- und Umweltnaturwissenschaften, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Institut für Geographie und Geologie, Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Institut für Erdwissenschaften, NAWI Graz, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Graz, Austria
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Short summary
Longitudinal river profiles are increasingly used for unraveling the tectonic history on a regional scale. In the last years, the introduction of the so-called chi transform brought significant technical progress, but this method is still limited to the domain governed by fluvial erosion covering only a small part of the surface. Here we present and compare extensions of the method towards smaller catchment sizes where hillslope processes or debris flows significantly contribute to erosion.
Longitudinal river profiles are increasingly used for unraveling the tectonic history on a...
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