Articles | Volume 5, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-161-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-161-2017
Research article
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28 Feb 2017
Research article |  | 28 Feb 2017

River profile response to normal fault growth and linkage: an example from the Hellenic forearc of south-central Crete, Greece

Sean F. Gallen and Karl W. Wegmann

Model code and software

ChiProfiler: ChiProfiler version 1.0.0 S. F. Gallen https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.321868

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We present results from a natural experiment where bedrock rivers are adjusting to a step change in rock uplift rate and where constraints on the recent pattern of rock uplift exist. We show that while rivers record the relative rock uplift history, quantitative information on timing is masked by complexities in incision processes, changes in river network configuration, and possibly other factors. Our results emphasize caution when interpreting tectonic signals from some bedrock river systems.