Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-1-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-1-2018
Research article
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08 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 08 Jan 2018

Developing and exploring a theory for the lateral erosion of bedrock channels for use in landscape evolution models

Abigail L. Langston and Gregory E. Tucker

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AR by Abigail Langston on behalf of the Authors (11 Sep 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Sep 2017) by Jens Turowski
RR by Aaron Bufe (03 Oct 2017)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (08 Oct 2017)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by Editor) (16 Oct 2017) by Jens Turowski
AR by Abigail Langston on behalf of the Authors (06 Nov 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (08 Nov 2017) by Jens Turowski
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (14 Nov 2017) by Niels Hovius (Editor)
AR by Abigail Langston on behalf of the Authors (21 Nov 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
While vertical incision in bedrock rivers is widely implemented in landscape evolution models, lateral erosion is largely ignored. This makes current models unfit to explain the formation of wide bedrock valleys and strath terraces. In this study we present a fundamental advance in the representation of lateral erosion of bedrock rivers in a landscape evolution model. The model results show a scaling relationship between valley width and drainage area similar to that found in natural systems.