@article{fdi:010058978,
  title = {{S}lope and climate variability control of erosion in the {A}ndes of central {C}hile},
  author = {{C}arretier, {S}{\'e}bastien and {R}egard, {V}. and {V}assallo, {R}. and {A}guilar, {G}. and {M}artinod, {J}. and {R}iquelme, {R}. and {P}epin, {E}. and {C}harrier, {R}. and {H}{\'e}rail, {G}{\'e}rard and {F}arias, {M}. and {G}uyot, {J}ean-{L}oup and {V}argas, {G}. and {L}agane, {C}hristelle},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}limate and topography control millennial-scale mountain erosion, but their relative impacts remain matters of debate. {C}onflicting results may be explained by the influence of the erosion threshold and daily variability of runoff on long-term erosion. {H}owever, there is a lack of data documenting these erosion factors. {H}ere we report suspended-load measurements, derived decennial erosion rates, and {B}e-10-derived millennial erosion rates along an exceptional climatic gradient in the {A}ndes of central {C}hile. {B}oth erosion rates (decennial and millenial) follow the same latitudinal trend, and peak where the climate is temperate (mean runoff similar to 500 mm yr(-1)). {B}oth decennial and millennial erosion rates increase nonlinearly with slope toward a threshold of similar to 0.55 m/m. {T}he comparison of these erosion rates shows that the contribution of rare and strong erosive events to millennial erosion increases from 0% in the humid zone to more than 90% in the arid zone. {O}ur data confirm the primary role of slope as erosion control even under contrasting climates and support the view that the influence of runoff variability on millennial erosion rates increases with aridity.},
  keywords = {{CHILI} ; {ANDES}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}eology},
  volume = {41},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {195--198},
  ISSN = {0091-7613},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1130/g33735.1},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058978},
}