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dc.contributor.advisorTaylor Perron.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSlosberg, Michelle Ien_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.en_US
dc.coverage.spatialn-us-hien_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-27T14:18:36Z
dc.date.available2018-03-27T14:18:36Z
dc.date.copyright2012en_US
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114348
dc.descriptionThesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2012.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 35-38).en_US
dc.description.abstractErosion of bedrock channels is frequently modeled with the stream power law, which relates erosion rates to drainage area, slope, and an erosional efficiency coefficient k. The value of k, however, varies with many physical factors and most of these relationships are not well quantified. This study uses a form of stream power dependent on mean annual precipitation. The island of Kauai in the Hawaiian island chain is used as a case study due to the island's steep precipitation gradient and relatively constant lithology. Erosion rates are calculated by constructing splines to approximate the island's shape at the end of the shield-building phase, and these data are used to calculate erosion rates. The precipitation-dependent stream power model is tested with a multiple regression analysis of the Kauai data. Erosion rates are positively correlated with precipitation rates and erosional efficiency is related to precipitation rate by a power of ~0.4.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Michelle I. Slosberg.en_US
dc.format.extent40 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsMIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectEarth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.en_US
dc.titleThe role of precipitation on Bedrock Channel Incision in Kauai, HIen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.B.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
dc.identifier.oclc1028750227en_US


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