Understanding the manner and degree to which topography in active mountain ranges
reflects deformation of the Earth's surface remains a first order goal of tectonic …

The stream power law, expressed as E= KA m S n—where E is erosion rate [LT− 1], K is an
erodibility coefficient [T− 1 L (1− 2m)], A is drainage area [L 2], S is channel gradient [L/L] …

The ongoing debate about the nature of coupling between climate and tectonics in mountain
ranges derives, in part, from an imperfect understanding of how topography, climate …

The stream power incision model (SPIM) is a cornerstone of quantitative geomorphology. It
states that river incision rate is the product of drainage area and channel slope raised to the …

For more than a century, geologists have sought to measure the distribution of erosion rates
on Earth's dynamic surface. Since the mid-1980s, measurements of in situ 10Be, a …

The steep topography of mountain landscapes arises from interactions among tectonic rock
uplift, valley incision and landslide erosion on hillslopes. Hillslopes in rapidly uplifting …

Quantitative analysis of digital topographic data is an increasingly important part of many
studies in the geosciences. Initially, performing these analyses was a niche endeavor …

Efforts to extract information about climate and tectonics from topography commonly assume
that river networks are static. Drainage divides can migrate through time, however, and …

The Earth's surface is shaped by tectonics and climate. This simple statement implies that
we should, in principle, be able to use the landscape as an archive of both tectonic rates and …

Bedrock river incision occurs only during floods large enough to mobilize sediment and
overcome substrate detachment thresholds. New data relating channel steepness and …