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River incision is the natural process by which a river cuts downward into its bed, deepening the active channel. Though it is a natural process, it can be accelerated rapidly by human factors including land use changes such as timber harvest, mining, agriculture, and road and dam construction. The rate of incision is a function of basal shear ...
The last stage of incision by the river is thought to be driven by the Milankovitch eccentricity cycle. Increased precipitation and sediment supply drove incision of the high standing terraces, beginning at ~800ka. [1] Long-lived river systems can produce a series of terrace surfaces over the
Bedrock incision can be caused by tectonic plate movement. [2] As the land is uplifted the river is forced to incise into the bedrock to keep flowing. Incision can be carried out through a variety of erosional processes. The type of bedrock may change as a river flows downstream, affecting erosional processes.
Incised valleys are mountain-valley-like features that commonly result from river down cutting into coastal plains and continental shelves in response to marine regression. They are the key evidence to identify sequence boundary on seismic profiles and outcrops.
Stream power, originally derived by R. A. Bagnold in the 1960s, is the amount of energy the water in a river or stream is exerting on the sides and bottom of the river. [1] Stream power is the result of multiplying the density of the water, the acceleration of the water due to gravity, the volume of water flowing through the river, and the ...
A drop in base level causes a response by the river system to carve into the landscape. This incision begins at the formation of a knickpoint, and its upstream migration depends heavily upon the drainage area (and so the discharge of the river), material through which it cuts, and how large the drop in base level was. [7]
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Then Davis defined a youthful stage where river incision or vertical erosion is the dominant process shaping the landscape. During the youthful stage height, differences between uplands and valley bottoms increase rapidly.