River gorge eradication by downstream sweep erosion

作者: Kristen L. Cook , Jens M. Turowski , Niels Hovius

DOI: 10.1038/NGEO2224

关键词: ErosionGeomorphologyHydrologyGeologyDownstream (manufacturing)Front (oceanography)FloodplainBedrock

摘要: Narrow river gorges are often short-lived features. Images of a bedrock gorge in Taiwan, which was carved after 1999, reveal rapid widening where the upstream floodplain meets gorge, an erosional front that propagates downstream as is erased.

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