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threshold hillslope: a standalone construct

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Geomorphology

hillslopes held at a limiting angle by landsliding, so faster river incision does not make them steeper.

In geomorphology, threshold hillslope refers to hillslopes held at a limiting angle by landsliding, so faster river incision does not make them steeper. This meaning comes from Burbank (1996) in Nature.[1]

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References

Burbank, D. W., Leland, J., Fielding, E., Anderson, R. S., Brozovic, N., Reid, M. R., & Duncan, C. (1996). Bedrock incision, rock uplift and threshold hillslopes in the northwestern Himalayas. Nature, 379(6565), 505-510. https://doi.org/10.1038/379505a0

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