岩床河流切口的气候控制
Ken L Ferrier1, Kimberly L Huppert, J Taylor Perron
1Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. ferrier@fas.harvard.edu
Nature
|April 13, 2013
概括
床岩河切口是塑造地球地形的一个关键过程,受降水率的直接影响. 这项研究提供了经验证据,将较高的降雨量与提高河流切割效率联系起来,影响地形和气候.
科学领域:
- 地质形态学 地质形态学
- 气候科学 气候科学
- 地球表面的过程 地球表面的过程
背景情况:
- 床岩河的切割是地球地形,山脉带的进化和可居住性的基础.
- 量化降水对河流切口率的影响是具有挑战性的,因为测量难度和混因素.
- 长期以来,河流切口对降水的强烈依赖一直被假设,但经验上很难确定.
研究的目的:
- 实证量化降水率对长期岩床河流切割率的影响.
- 调查降雨梯度与河峡谷发展之间的关系.
- 为了测试河流切割效率与气候相关的假设.
主要方法:
- 河流切口率的测量是在夏威夷考艾岛的一个的降雨梯度上进行的.
- 从河峡谷深度和火山基岩年龄推断出长期切口率.
- 实证法则用于基石河流切口被应用,并与短暂切口的数值建模一起.
主要成果:
- 在上游平均年降水率和长期基石河流切割效率之间发现了正相关性.
- 卡瓦伊岛的切口率明显依赖于降水,每年从0.5到9.5米不等.
- 测量结果与河流切口率和河流功率之间的线性关系保持一致.
结论:
- 降水率显著影响了长期的岩床河流切割率,为气候与地形的合提供了实证支持.
- 这些发现支持理论模型,将河流切割与河流电力和气候驱动因素联系起来.
- 这项研究为地形,气候和构造学之间的反提供了关键证据.
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