Solutions of the stream power equation and application to the evolution of river longitudinal profiles

Erosion by bedrock river channels is commonly modeled with the stream power equation. We present a two-part approach to solving this nonlinear equation analytically and explore the implications for evolving river profiles. First, a method for non-dimensionalizing the stream power equation transforms...

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Main Authors: Perron, J. Taylor, Royden, Leigh H
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/85608
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0404-8701
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6485-0026