Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5755307 | Global and Planetary Change | 2017 | 64 Pages |
Abstract
Increased channel-body density in the PETM interval can be explained in terms of increased channel mobility, which itself can be related to changes in the stream catchments (e.g., greater bedload delivery, increased water discharge or discharge variability), or to changes in the nature of the depositional basin that would permit the channels to be more mobile (e.g., increased bank erodibility due to variations in vegetation type and density). Interfluve planation is inferred to have occurred immediately prior to, or penecontemporaneously with, accumulation of PETM deposits, which is in accord with inferences of increased erodibility of the interfluves or increased stream erosive power. These observations offer insight into the potential geomorphic metamorphosis of river systems in mid-latitude regions experiencing conditions of rapid global warming.
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Authors
Luca Colombera, Oscar J. Arévalo, Nigel P. Mountney,