12.163 | Fall 2004 | Undergraduate

Surface Processes and Landscape Evolution

Lecture Notes

9_mass_wasting.pdf

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Lecture presentation covering the following topics: River incision into bedrock, Bedload Abrasion (saltation) Plane Bed (smooth), Abrasion by Suspended Load, Critical Shear Stress and Flood Frequency Distribution, and Transport-Limited Incising Channels (Alluvial but Erosional).

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