Fission track dating core samples from the Gulf of Alaska demonstrates that offshore sediments can be used to reconstruct a mountain range's changing exhumation patterns.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface
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Groundwater: A Hidden Influence on River Shape
A new study shows how groundwater influences river dynamics and channel pattern.
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How Do Tropical Forests Slow Knickpoints in Rivers?
Using Puerto Rico's Luquillo Mountains as a case study, scientists use the region's geological history to study how knickpoints—areas where there's a sharp change in the river's slope—move over time.
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A River Runs Through It, but Why?
Researchers investigate the factors that cause river terraces to form.
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Plunging into Waterfall Sediment Transport Modeling
A first-of-its-kind model describes how pools at the base of waterfalls adjust their depth to keep up with sediment flow.
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What Makes Long-Runout Landslides So Mobile?
New research shows that acoustic waves rippling through some large landslides can reduce friction and allow slides to run out long distances.
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Hitting the Slopes
Researchers investigate whether rain droplets alone can cause enough erosion to impact the shapes of hills.
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Water Waves Provide Insight into Landslides and Avalanche Models
Boussinesq-type gravity waves appear to accurately describe vertical motion in granular flows found in geophysics.
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Efficiently Predicting Shallow Landslide Size and Location
New mathematical approach lets researchers analyze potentially unstable slopes in three dimensions without testing every possible landslide shape.
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Ice-Penetrating Radar Reveals Age of Greenland Ice Sheet Layers
First comprehensive analysis of deep radar data gives insight into the dynamics and history of the Greenland Ice Sheet.