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Watershed Planning within a Quantitative Scenario Analysis Framework
Published on: July 24, 2016
在华盛顿布山脉中,降水和长期侵蚀率的空间变化相结合
Peter W Reiners1, Todd A Ehlers, Sara G Mitchell
1Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, 210 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA. peter.reiners@yale.edu
Nature
|December 12, 2003
概括
在华盛顿的布山脉,长期侵蚀率紧密跟随降水模式. 这表明气候在地质时间尺度上显著影响着山脉形成和侵蚀.
科学领域:
- 地质科学 地质科学
- 气候科学 气候科学
- 构造学 构造学 构造学 构造学
背景情况:
- 构造学上活跃的山脉表现出气候,构造学和地形学之间的复杂相互作用.
- 理论模型提出了一些反,即岩石升起会增加降水,聚焦侵蚀并影响进一步的升起.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究长期侵蚀率与卡斯卡德山脉现代降水之间的相关性.
- 提供可观测的证据,证明气候与山脉尺度上的构造过程之间的联系.
主要方法:
- 对阿帕 (U-Th) / 热冷却年龄的分析,以推断长期侵蚀速率 (>10^610^7年).
- 推断侵蚀率与布山脉的现代平均年降水量数据的比较.
主要成果:
- 从热时代学推断出的侵蚀速率在整个范围内的数量级上有所不同.
- 这些侵蚀速度紧密跟随现代平均年降水率.
- 侵蚀和降水最大值都位于地形的风向,这表明气候集中侵蚀.
结论:
- 在山脉规模上显示了降水和长期侵蚀率之间的强烈联系.
- 表明,如果山脉处于地形稳定状态,气候集中侵蚀可能会在布山脉的西部侧面推动更快的岩石升起.
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