1934/07/01 by Paul F. Macar
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Mathematics · #Computer science #Downstream (manufacturing) #Erosion #Geology #Geometry #Geomorphology #Geotechnical engineering #Hydrology (agriculture) #Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes #Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies #Mathematics #Meander (mathematics) #Soil erosion and sediment transport #Upstream (networking)
paper · doi:10.1086/624197
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The cut-off of a meander produces a fall or rapid which is later removed upstream by headward erosion. In entrenched valleys, steepened parts of the longitudinal profile may then correspond to cut-off meanders located some miles downstream, and standing now high above the valley bottom. A study of numerous cut-off meanders leads to the conclusion that such steepened parts, having heights corresponding to that of the initial falls do exist really upstream in more than half of the valuable cases. The rate of headward erosion seems affected by the discharge of the stream, being less for small creeks than for more important rivers. In the latter, it equals several hundred times the rate of vertical down-cutting.