Terrestrial in situ cosmogenic nuclides: theory and application

JC Gosse, FM Phillips - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2001 - Elsevier
The cosmogenic nuclide exposure history method is undergoing major developments in
analytical, theoretical, and applied areas. The capability to routinely measure low …

Nature and timing of large landslides in the Himalaya and Transhimalaya of northern India

JM Dortch, LA Owen, WC Haneberg, MW Caffee… - Quaternary Science …, 2009 - Elsevier
Four large landslides, each with a debris volume> 106m3, in the Himalaya and
Transhimalaya of northern India were examined, mapped, and dated using 10Be terrestrial …

Understanding earth's eroding surface with 10Be

EW Portenga, PR Bierman - 2011 - scholarworks.uvm.edu
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 …

Geomorphic limits to climate-induced increases in topographic relief

KX Whipple, E Kirby, SH Brocklehurst - Nature, 1999 - nature.com
Recognition of the potential for strong dynamic coupling between atmospheric and tectonic
processes has sparked intense cross-disciplinary investigation and debate on the question …

Humans as geologic agents: A deep-time perspective

BH Wilkinson - Geology, 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Humans move increasingly large amounts of rock and sediment during various construction
activities, and mean rates of cropland soil loss may exceed rates of formation by up to an …

Rapid soil production and weathering in the Southern Alps, New Zealand

IJ Larsen, PC Almond, A Eger, JO Stone… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Evaluating conflicting theories about the influence of mountains on carbon dioxide cycling
and climate requires understanding weathering fluxes from tectonically uplifting landscapes …

Chemical weathering in the foreland of a retreating glacier

SP Anderson, JI Drever, CD Frost, P Holden - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2000 - Elsevier
Chemical denudation rates and strontium isotope ratios in streams vary substantially and
systematically in the foreland of the retreating Bench Glacier in south-central Alaska. To …

Stochastic processes of soil production and transport: Erosion rates, topographic variation and cosmogenic nuclides in the Oregon Coast Range

AM Heimsath, WE Dietrich… - … and Landforms: The …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Landscapes in areas of active uplift and erosion can only remain soil‐mantled if the local
production of soil equals or exceeds the local erosion rate. The soil production rate varies …

Using hilltop curvature to derive the spatial distribution of erosion rates

MD Hurst, SM Mudd, R Walcott… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Erosion rates dictate the morphology of landscapes, and therefore quantifying them is a
critical part of many geomorphic studies. Methods to directly measure erosion rates are …

Cosmogenic nuclide evidence for low weathering and denudation in the wet, tropical highlands of Sri Lanka

F Von Blanckenburg, T Hewawasam… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Some of the lowest weathering and erosion rates in any mountain range in the world have
been measured using cosmogenic nuclides in the steep, humid, tropical highlands of Sri …