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Channel Incision

Channel incision is a geomorphological process characterized by the downward erosion of a riverbed into underlying strata, distinguished from lateral erosion by its vertical entrenchment of the channel profile in response to changes in flow, sediment load, or base level.

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781

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396

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2017–2026

65

Variants

Stream Incision

Parents

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269

Floods, channel change, and the hyporheic zone

Steven M. Wondzell, Frederick J. Swanson · Water Resources Research · 1999 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Downstream Ecological Effects of Dams

F. K. Ligon, W. E. Dietrich, William J. Trush · BioScience · 1995 · 790 citations

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Tectonic and lithologic controls on bedrock channel profiles and processes in coastal California

Alison R. Duvall, Eric Kirby, Douglas W. Burbank · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2004 · 561 citations

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The stream power river incision model: evidence, theory and beyond

Dimitri Lague · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms · 2013 · 559 citations

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Geologic constraints on bedrock river incision using the stream power law

J. D. Stock, David R. Montgomery · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1999 · 556 citations

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Authors

781

  1. FD
    F. Douglas Shields

    National Sedimentation Laboratory, United States

    8 publications · 373 citations

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  2. WE
    W. E. Dietrich

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    7 publications · 2.1K citations

    7

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  3. KX
    K. X. Whipple

    Arizona State University, United States

    7 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. BW
    Bartłomiej Wyżga‬‬

    Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

    6 publications · 402 citations

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  5. SS
    Scott S. Knight

    National Sedimentation Laboratory, United States

    6 publications · 346 citations

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Institutions

396

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    11 h-index

    31 publications

    2K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    2.6K citations

  4. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    818 citations

  5. National Sedimentation Laboratory

    Oxford, United States

    9 h-index

    28 publications

    2.5K citations

  6. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    919 citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    730 citations

  8. Polish Academy of Sciences

    Warsaw, Poland

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    616 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 22 publications · 4.1K citations

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  2. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    24 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

    20 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Geomorphology

    12 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. Water Resources Research

    11 publications · 2.5K citations

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