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Plateau reduction by drainage divide migration in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia defined by morphometry and 10Be terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides.
- Source :
- Earth Surface Processes & Landforms; Jun2017, Vol. 42 Issue 8, p1155-1170, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Catchment-wide erosion rates were defined using <superscript>10</superscript>Be terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides for the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes to help determine the nature of drainage development and landscape evolution. The Eastern Cordillera, characterized by a smooth axial plateau bordered by steep flanks, has a mean erosion rate of 11 ± 1 mm/ka across the plateau and 70 ± 10 mm/ka on its flanks, with local high rates >400 mm/ka. The erosional contrast between the plateau and its flanks was produced by the increase in the orogen regional slope, derived from the progressive shortening and thickening of the Eastern Cordillera. The erosion rates together with digital topographic analysis show that the drainage network is dynamic and confirms the view that drainage divides in the Eastern Cordillera are migrating towards the interior of the mountain belt resulting in progressive drainage reorganization from longitudinal to transverse-dominated rivers and areal reduction of the Sabana de Bogotá plateau. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PLATEAUS
COSMOGENIC nuclides
EROSION
DRAINAGE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01979337
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Earth Surface Processes & Landforms
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 123692977
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4079