headward erosion


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headward erosion

[′hed·wərd i′rō·zhən]
(geology)
Erosion caused by water flowing at the head of a valley. Also known as head erosion; headwater erosion.
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1983) that the development of the drainage network of the Ebro and its debouchment into the Mediterranean was due to some small E or SE flowing stream which had cut by headward erosion the Catalan Coastal Ranges during the low sea-level interval of the Messinian (Late Miocene), when it had increased energy/stream power.
These rivers captured the sediments of an interior drainage basin by headward erosion of some small Mediterranean coastal rivers (Verges et al, 1996).
The rivers such as the Rhone and the Nile were not bordered landwards by an elevated closed basin containing a huge volume of sediment which could not be released until tapped by headward erosion.
Some considerations on the initiation of the present SE Ebro river drainage system: Post- or pre-Messinian?/Algunas reflexiones sobre el inicio del sistema de drenaje actual del SE del rio Ebro: Post- o pre-Messiniense?
Changes in sediment conveyance can also change systematically as a result of headward erosion of rills and gullies, changes in runoff due to storm water management, or related factors (Faulkner and McIntyre 1996).
Sediment Yields Controlled by Intrabasinal Storage and Sediment Conveyance over the Interval 1842-1994: Chagrin River, Northeast Ohio, U.S.A

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