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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-1-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-1-2015
Research article
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05 Jan 2015
Research article |  | 05 Jan 2015

Erosional response of an actively uplifting mountain belt to cyclic rainfall variations

J. Braun, C. Voisin, A. T. Gourlan, and C. Chauvel

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We have derived a simple solution to the stream power law equation governing the erosion of rapidly uplifting tectonic areas assuming that rainfall varies as a periodic function of time. We show that the erosional response of this forcing is characterized by an amplification of the resulting erosional flux variations as well as a time lag. We show how this time lag can be important in interpreting several geological observations.