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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:creator>S. A. Schumm</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1962</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Measurements of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;erosion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;miniature&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;pediments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;Badlands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;National&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;Monument&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;South&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;Dakota&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, show that during almost eight years, the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;pediments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;were lowered by sheetwash. The adjacent hillslopes have retreated leaving a belt of newly formed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;pediment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;from 6 to 12 cm wide at their bases. The hillslopes are rough and relatively permeable; the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;miniature&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;pediments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;are smooth and less permeable. Calculations based on the Manning equation suggest that the velocity of overland flow on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;pediments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;may be of the same magnitude as that on the hillslopes. The decrease&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;roughness from hillslope to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;pediment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;compensates for the decrease&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;slope angle. The&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;pediments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;are swept free of debris and are regraded by a more effective utilization of runoff energy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1130/0016-7606(1962)73[719:EOMPIB]2.0.CO;2</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Geological Society of America</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Erosion on miniature pediments in badlands national monument, South Dakota</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>