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Nature Geoscience 2, 747 - 748 (2009)
doi:10.1038/ngeo675
Subject Category: Geomorphology
Geomorphology: Rivers split as mountains grow
Mikaël Attal1
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Mikaël Attal is at the School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, Scotland, UK.
e-mail: mikael.attal@ed.ac.uk
Abstract
Mountain landscapes are shaped by tectonics and climate. A series of laboratory experiments has documented a mechanism by which mountain river networks split as the geometry of a mountain evolves in response to an orographic precipitation gradient.
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