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- Title
Erosion rates deduced from Seasonal mass balance along an active braided river in Tianshan.
- Authors
Liu, Y.; Métivier, F.; Gaillardet, J.; Ye, B.; Meunier, P.; Narteau, C.; Lajeunesse, E.; Han, T.; Malverti, L.
- Abstract
The article reports on the survey of flow dynamics and sediment transport to assess secular denudation rates on Tianshan Qu mountain in China. It shows that the chemical weathering accounts for more than one third of the total denudation rate, noting that sediment transported as bed load cannot be neglected in the balance. It suggests that the resolution of the incompatibility has an important consequence to the understanding of the interplay between erosion and tectonics.
- Subjects
TIANSHAN Qu (Urumqi, China); CHINA; SURVEYS; SEDIMENT transport; CHEMICAL denudation; CHEMICAL weathering; EROSION
- Publication
Solid Earth Discussions, 2011, Vol 3, Issue 2, p541
- ISSN
1869-9537
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/sed-3-541-2011