Modelling Waterfall Retreat in Heterogenous Bedrock

• Main Authors: ATTAL, Mikaël, Hodge, Rebecca, Williams, Richard, Baynes, Edwin
• Other Authors: University of Edinburgh, Durham University, University of Glasgow, Géosciences Rennes (GR), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES), American Geophysical Union
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.GM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geomorphology; Jökulsá á Fjöllum; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01445516

International audience Bedrock rivers are the mediators of environmental change through mountainous landscapes. In response to an increase in uplift rate for example, a “knickpoint” (often materialised as a waterfall) will propagate upstream, separating a domain downstream where the river and its ad...