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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-103-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-103-2020
Research article
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13 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 13 Feb 2020

Mass balance, grade, and adjustment timescales in bedrock channels

Jens Martin Turowski

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Bedrock channels are the conveyor belts of mountain regions, evacuating sediment produced by erosion. Bedrock channel morphology and dynamics affect sediment transport rates and local erosion and set the base level for hillslope response. Here, using mechanistic considerations of the processes of fluvial erosion and transport, and considerations of the mass balance of sediment and bedrock, I discuss the principles governing steady-state channel morphology and the dynamic paths to achieve it.