Geomorphic complexity and the case for topographic rejuvenation of the Appalachian Mountains

JA Spotila, PS Prince - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite vast scientific inquiry, the evolution of Appalachian Mountain topography in eastern
North America has yet to be robustly explained. After a century and a half of investigation …

Evolution, Modification, and Deformation of Continental Lithosphere: Insights from the Eastern Margin of North America

MD Long - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Continental lithosphere is deformed, destroyed, or otherwise modified in several ways.
Processes that modify the lithosphere include subduction, terrane accretion, orogenesis …

Multistage lithospheric drips control active basin formation within an uplifting orogenic plateau

AJ Andersen, OH Göğüş, RN Pysklywec… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
According to GNSS/INSAR measurements, the Konya Basin in Central Anatolia is
undergoing rapid subsidence within an uplifting orogenic plateau. Further, geophysical …

The erosional signature of drainage divide motion along the Blue Ridge Escarpment

MF Stokes, IJ Larsen, SL Goldberg… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The planform rearrangement of river basins is recognized as an important process for
landscape evolution. The boundaries of river basins can shift either through gradual …

Lithospheric structure above the Northern Appalachian Anomaly: Initial results from the NEST array

K Espinal, MD Long, P Karabinos… - Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Seismic tomography observations show a low‐velocity feature in the upper mantle beneath
eastern North America known as the Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA). Proposed …

Evidence for a lithospheric step and pervasive lithospheric thinning beneath southern New England, northeastern USA

GB Goldhagen, HA Ford, MD Long - Geology, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In this study, we use data from the SEISConn seismic experiment to calculate Sp receiver
functions in order to characterize the geometry of upper-mantle structure beneath southern …

Uncovering the Controls on Fluvial Bedrock Erodibility and Knickpoint Expression: A High‐Resolution Comparison of Bedrock Properties Between Knickpoints and …

KD Chilton, JA Spotila - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bedrock erodibility exerts a fundamental control on fluvial incision, and therefore on the
evolution of entire landscapes. However, the roles and relative significance of specific …

Mantle Structure and Flow Across the Continent‐Ocean Transition of the Eastern North American Margin: Anisotropic S‐Wave Tomography

BR Brunsvik, ZC Eilon, C Lynner - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Little has been seismically imaged through the lithosphere and mantle at rifted margins
across the continent‐ocean transition. A 2014–2015 community seismic experiment …

Joint analysis of seismic and electrical observables beneath the Central Appalachians requires partial melt in the upper mantle

V Mittal, MD Long, RL Evans… - Geochemistry …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Central Appalachian Anomaly (CAA) is a region of the upper mantle beneath
eastern North America that exhibits pronounced anomalies in its seismic velocity, seismic …

Revealing the Cape Verde hotspot track across the Great Lakes

Z Tao, A Li, J Wu, KM Fischer - Geophysical Research Letters, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Detecting old hotspot tracks in a stable continent remains challenging because of the lack of
volcano chains on the surface and the fade of thermal anomalies with time. The northeastern …