期刊
GEOMORPHOLOGY
卷 191, 期 -, 页码 1-13出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.01.021
关键词
The Southern Espinhaco Range; Beryllium-10; Cosmogenic nuclide; Denudation rates; Brazil
资金
- CAPES/COFECUB
- CNPq
- FAPEMIG
To investigate denudation rates in the southern part of the Espinhaco Range (central-eastern Brazil) and to understand how this important resistant and residual relief has evolved in the past 1.38 My, cosmogenic Be-10 concentrations produced in situ were measured in alluvial sediments from the three main regional basins, whose substratum is composed primarily of quartzites. The long-term denudation rates (up to 1.38 My) estimated from these measurements were compared with those that affect the western (Sao Francisco River) and eastern (Doce and Jequitinhonha Rivers) basins, which face the West San Francisco craton and the Atlantic, respectively. Denudation rates were measured in 27 samples collected in catchments of different sizes (6-970 km(2)) and were compared with geomorphic parameters. The mean denudation rates determined in the northern part are low and similar to those determined in the southern part, despite slightly different geomorphic parameter values (catchment relief and mean slope). For the southern catchments, the values are 4.91 +/- 1.01 m My(-1) and 3.65 +/- 1.26 m My(-1) for the Doce and Sao Francisco River basins, respectively; for the northern catchments, they are 4.40 +/- 1.06 m My(-1) and 3.96 +/- 0.91 m My(-1) for the Jequitinhonha and Sao Francisco River basins, respectively. These low values of denudation rates suggest no direct correlation if plotted against geomorphic parameters such as the catchment area, maximum elevation, catchment relief, average relief and mean slope gradients. These values show that the regional landscape evolves slowly and is strongly controlled by resistant lithology, with similar erosional rates in the three studied basins. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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