The authors thank East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Department
of Geosciences and the ETSU Honors College, for financial support.
Table 4
Spearman correlation coefficients for erosion and natural precipitation cycle statistics. Only
significant correlations are presented.
Erosion measures Precipitation parameters
Total accumulation Duration
Channel Mean|change| 0.901⁎⁎ 0.791⁎⁎
Mean deposition 0.846⁎⁎ 0.868⁎⁎
Mean erosion −0.703⁎ −0.555⁎
Sidewall Mean|change| 0.571⁎ 0.665⁎
Mean deposition 0.665⁎ 0.769⁎⁎
Mean erosion −0.577⁎ −0.599⁎⁎
Interfluve Mean erosion −0.582⁎ −0.648⁎⁎
⁎ Indicates significance at p = 0.05.
⁎⁎ Indicates significance at p = 0.01.
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The authors also thank the following undergraduate students for their
contribution to the research through field data collection and site maintenance:
Tim Land, Nicolas Barnes, and Trevor Wilson. The authors also
recognize the valuable contribution of the anonymous reviewers.