Combining geomorphometry, feature extraction techniques and Earth-surface processes research: The way forward

G Sofia - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, the wealth of technological development revolutionised our ability to collect
data in geosciences. Due to the unprecedented level of detail of these datasets …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing methods for calculating channel steepness index

AGG Smith, M Fox, W Schwanghart, A Carter - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Channel steepness index, ks, is a metric derived from the stream power model that, under
certain conditions, scales with relative rock uplift rate. Channel steepness index is a property …

How concave are river channels?

SM Mudd, FJ Clubb, B Gailleton… - Earth Surface …, 2018 - esurf.copernicus.org
For over a century, geomorphologists have attempted to unravel information about
landscape evolution, and processes that drive it, using river profiles. Many studies have …

Impact of changing concavity indices on channel steepness and divide migration metrics

B Gailleton, SM Mudd, FJ Clubb… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The concavity index,, describes how quickly river channel gradient declines downstream. It
is used in calculations of normalized channel steepness index,, a metric for comparing the …

A Robust Channel Head Extraction Method Based on High‐Resolution Topographic Convergence, Suitable for Both Slowly and Fastly Eroding Landscapes

A Lurin, O Marc, P Meunier… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Channel networks exert a key control on drainage basins shape and dynamics, including
the transfer of water and sediments throughout basins, and thus hydrosedimentary hazards …

Debris‐Flow Process Controls on Steepland Morphology in the San Gabriel Mountains, California

WT Struble, LA McGuire, SW McCoy… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Steep landscapes evolve largely by debris flows, in addition to fluvial and hillslope
processes. Abundant field observations document that debris flows incise valley bottoms …

[HTML][HTML] Growing topography due to contrasting rock types in a tectonically dead landscape

D Peifer, C Persano, MD Hurst… - Earth Surface …, 2021 - esurf.copernicus.org
Many mountain ranges survive in a phase of erosional decay for millions of years following
the cessation of tectonic activity. Landscape dynamics in these post-orogenic settings have …

Impact of tectonic topographic rejuvenation in landscapes with high bedrock/duricrust strength: Insights from geomorphic evidence in a post-rifted region (SE Brazil)

DS de Campos, M dos Santos, KPP Marques, AC Silva… - Geomorphology, 2023 - Elsevier
The evolution of Cenozoic relief in post-rifted and post-orogenic landscapes reveals
enigmatic and intricate dynamics. Unsteady conditions long after the cessation of ongoing …

Coarse sediment supply sets the slope of bedrock channels in rapidly uplifting terrain: Field and topographic evidence from eastern Taiwan

LSH Lai, JJ Roering, NJ Finnegan… - Earth Surface …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The incision rate and steepness of bedrock channels depend on water discharge, uplift rate,
substrate lithology, sediment flux, and bedload size. However, the relative role of these …

Normal faulting and its role in the drainage divide migration in the Karıncalıdağ region, Menderes Massif, Western Türkiye

S Topal, M Irfan - Journal of Mountain Science, 2025 - Springer
Drainage divide migration refers to the shifting boundaries between adjacent drainage
basins over time, driven by processes such as tectonic uplift, differential erosion, stream …