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Notes:
Explanation for the previous slide. Values of the exponents g and h for the case of shear stress and stream power per unit width are given at the bottom of the slide. Recent references discussing the validity of the power function relationship for bedrock erosion include:
Howard, A.D., Dietrich, W.E., and Seidl, 1994, M.A., Modeling fluvial erosion on regional to continental scales, J. Gephys. Res., 99, 13971-13986.
Stock, J.D. and Montgomery, D.R., 1999, Can we predict the rate of bedrock river incision using the stream power law?, J. Geophys. Res.
Sklar and Dietrich, 1998, op. Cit.
Anderson, R.S. and K. Whipple, 1998, In Rivers over Rock: Fluvial Processes in Bedrock Channels, edited by E. Wohl and K. Tinkler, Am. Geophys. Union Mon. 107.
