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Early Slope Development in an Expanding Stream System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Carol S. Carter  and
Richard J. Chorley
Carol S. Carter
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.
Richard J. Chorley
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.
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Abstract

A study of the morphometry of an ephemeral stream system which is incising itself into a terrace of the Farmington River, Connecticut, supports the regional relationship between stream-channel gradient and valley-side slope angle suggested by Strahler (1950). The continuing areal extension of the system allows stream order to be employed here as a relative measure of the passage of time. Thus it is possible to recognize that steepening and parallel development of a given valley-side slope may have their place in a sequence of early stage erosional development characterized by headward channel extension and ramification.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 98 , Issue 2 , April 1961 , pp. 117 - 130
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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