Geomorphology

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Inventory of active rock glaciers and their distribution characteristics on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its adjacent mountainous regions	77
Mapping release and propagation areas of permafrost-related rock slope failures in the French Alps: A new methodological approach at regional scale	73
Linking backbarrier lacustrine stratigraphy with spatial dynamics of shoreline retreat in a rapidly subsiding region of the Mississippi River Delta	58
Spatial variation of surface erosion rate in a fault zone and its controlling factors	55
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Multivariate analysis of inlet morphodynamics: The mixed sand-gravel ebb-tidal delta of Deben Estuary, Suffolk	42
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The southern boundary of the Mu Us Sand Sea and its controlling factors	38
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Hydration caves and cavities from the recent weathering zone of anhydrites at Dingwall (Nova Scotia, Canada)	36
Reconstruction of historical suspended particulate matter contributions of Rhône River tributaries to the Mediterranean Sea	36
Reconstruction of Holocene relative sea-level from beach ridges of the central west coast of India using GPR and OSL dating	35
Remotely mapping gullying and incision in Maryland Piedmont headwater streams using repeat airborne lidar	34
The uncertain future of mountaintop-removal-mined landscapes 1: How mining changes erosion processes and variables	33
Drainage evolution in porous carbonate terrain in semi-arid environments: The role of tectonics and climatic change – The case study of the Boukadir carbonate platform, Algeria	33
Distinctive shear zones demonstrate pervasive laminar cataclastic flow throughout the gigantic Iymek rock avalanche	33
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Historical flooding regime along the Amur River and its links to East Asia summer monsoon circulation	30
Use of GIS tools, enhanced by FFT filtering methods, to detect blurred craters in Synthetic Digital Elevation Models, to improve their location and morphological characterisation	30
Investigating cost-effective single-beam survey configurations for accurate river bathymetry construction	30
Plio-Pleistocene drainage reorganization in the middle Yellow River of China, revealed by provenance and paleocurrent analysis of fluvial sediments	29
Quaternary fluvial archives from Asian rivers: Reflections of tectonic activity, crustal processes and climatic variation	29
Limit of monsoonal precipitation in southern Tibet during the Last Glacial Maximum from relative moraine extents	28

Challenges and opportunities of sediment budgeting using the River Sediment Budget Approach (RSBA): Three cases in Austrian gravel-bed river reaches	28
Tectonic influence on the evolutionary dynamics of deep-water channel systems along the active accretionary prism margin in the Rakhine Basin, Myanmar: A high-resolution 3d seismic analysis	28
What drives major channel widening in mountain rivers during floods? The role of debris floods during a high-magnitude event	28
Holocene aeolian dunes in the National and Natural Parks of Doñana (SW Iberia): Mapping, geomorphology, genesis and chronology	27
From hypogenic to biogenic speleogenesis in semi-arid climate: Bat guano-driven carbonate weathering and cave modification in Chariton Cave, Israel	27
Using computed tomography (CT) to reconstruct depositional processes and products in the subaqueous glaciogenic Champlain Sea basin, Ottawa, Canada	27
Subsurface structures of solution dolines inferred from electrical resistivity tomography: A hypothesis on the evolutionary process of solution dolines at the Akiyoshi-dai Plateau, southwest Japan	26
Spatio-temporal interpolation of ~530 Ma paleo-DEM to quantify denudation of a terrestrial impact crater	26
Sediment export from an Alpine proglacial area under a changing climate: Budgets, rates, and geomorphological processes	26
Glacial to periglacial transition at the end of the last ice age in the subtropical semiarid Andes	26
Evolution and temporal constraints of a multiphase postglacial rock slope failure	26
Headwall scour hole erosion and overhanging mass collapse play critical roles in gully head retreat on grassland under surface flow	26
Submerged reef and inter-reef morphology in the Western South Atlantic, Abrolhos Shelf (Brazil)	26
Point cloud does matter. Selected issues of using airborne LiDAR elevation data in geomorphometric studies of rugged sandstone terrain under forest – Case study from Central Europe	26
The impact of erosion on fault segmentation in thrust belts: Insights from thermochronology and fluvial shear stress analysis (southern Longmen Shan, eastern Tibet)	26
CoMMa: A GIS geomorphometry toolbox to map and measure confined landforms	26
Formation mechanism of loess-mudstone landslides in the Weibei Tableland Fault Active Zone of Baoji, China - Taking Wolongsi landslide as an example	25
Unveiling tropical slow-moving landslide response to seasonality and extreme meteorological events using a combination of InSAR and optical imagery: The case study of Grand Eboulis (Réunion island)	25
Spatial and temporal trends in California coastal cliff retreat	25
Coastal cliff evolution: Modelling the long-term interplay between marine erosion, initial topography, and uplift in an arid environment	25
Channel changes during and after extreme floods in two catchments of the Northern Apennines (Italy)	24
Analysis of floating objects based on non-intrusive measuring methods and machine learning	24
Spatial distribution and deposits of cliffs along the Brazilian semi-arid coast	24
Navigating uncertainty: Stochastic simulation prediction of the Yellow River tail channel (fluvial reach) and its implications on 21st century floodplain management	24
Winds of opportunity: The effects of wind on intertidal flat accretion	23
Faster than an urban stream: Evaluating morphodynamics in urban channel reaches that have undergone form-based channel enhancement	23
The marine terraces of Santa Cruz Island, California: Implications for glacial isostatic adjustment models of last-interglacial sea-level history	23
Late Cenozoic channel migration of the proto-Yangtze River in the delta region: Insights from cosmogenic nuclide burial dating of onshore boreholes	23
Mitigating scour around bridge piers in alluvial channels using inclined collars	23
Geoenvironmental conditioning of landsliding in river valleys of lowland regions and its significance in landslide susceptibility assessment: A case study in the Lower Vistula Valley, Northern Poland	23
Patterns of valley incision beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet revealed using automated mapping and classification	23
Impact of vegetation cover on hydro-sedimentary fluxes in the marly badlands of the Southern Alps (Draix-Bléone Critical Zone Observatory, SE France)	23
Quantitative analysis the provenance of loess in the upper Hanjiang River, China: Evidence from heavy minerals and grain-size	22
A review of large wood dynamics relevant to hazard characteristics for built structures	22
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Evaluating the connectivity of the Yamuna and the Sarasvati during the Holocene: Evidence from geochemical provenance of sediment in the Markanda River valley, India	22
Polygons with halite-crusted floors and gypsum-raised rims in western Qaidam Basin and implications for polygonal landforms on Mars	22
Hydraulic geometry of Alpine streams channels	22
Understanding the complex geomorphology of a deep sea area affected by continental tectonic indentation: The case of the Gulf of Vera (Western Mediterranean)	22
Assessing atoll island physical robustness: Application to Rangiroa Atoll, French Polynesia	21
Mechanisms of rock slope failures triggered by the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake and implications for landslide susceptibility	21
On the mechanisms resulting in the formation of the Quaternary staircase terrace systems in the valleys of the western Andean margin of Peru	21
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Soil denudation in the northwestern Negev (Israel) following the Late Byzantine – Early Islamic period	21
A morphometric analysis of embayed beaches: southern Sardinia Island	21
An initial geopedological survey and description of historic raised beds in north-western Ireland	21
Modeling the relative morphodynamic influence of vegetation and large wood in a dryland ephemeral stream, Arizona, USA	21
Infrared thermography monitoring of rock faces – Potential and pitfalls	20
Morphological characteristics and evolution processes of the blowouts on fine-grain armored paleodunes in the eastern Qaidam Basin, Tibetan Plateau	20

A model-based characterization of confined meandering rivers	20
Susceptibility assessment of soil-water hazard chain on a small catchment in gully region of Loess Plateau: Implications for artificially-induced mountaintop removal filling valley and geoheritage	20
Geomorphic assessment of sediment storage potential and mobilisation on the hillslopes of a mountain catchment: An example from Pranmati catchment, NW Himalaya	20
Gully erosion and climate induced chemical weathering for vulnerability assessment in sub-tropical environment	20
Meandering river evolution in an unvegetated permafrost environment	20
Late Pleistocene slip rate and subsurface fault-plane geometry of the Latgan Fold (Bole Basin, North Tian Shan, NW China) derived from a deformed cosmogenically dated alluvial fan	20
The effect of flood 2020 on the morphological changes of the Sadij River, Southeastern of Iran	20
River adjustments, geomorphic sensitivity and management implications in the Waipā catchment, Aotearoa New Zealand	20
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A large-scale domal relief due to intraplate neotectonic compression in central Amazonia	19
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Reconstruction of aeolian sand processes at different scales utilizing the Scale-Independent Particle Tracking Velocimetry	19
Channel morphology in an active volcanic complex under humid tropical conditions	19
How old are the Mojave topographic dunes? The implications of new luminescence dating analyses from the Cady Mountains, Mojave Desert, southwest USA	19
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A drumlin field at Fláajökull, Iceland: New insights from till shearing using magnetic fabrics	19
A channel shifting GIS toolbox for exploring floodplain dynamics through channel erosion and deposition	19
Landslides, bedrock incision and human-induced environmental changes in an extremely rapidly formed tropical river gorge	19
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From sink to source: Late Quaternary landscape evolution and fluvial dynamics of the Hautapu River catchment, New Zealand	19
Obituary for Dr. Avijit Gupta (1942–2023)	19
Alongshore runup variability across contrasting beach states: Insights from field observations	19
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From landform inventories to landscape evolution? - Karst development in the Central Styrian Karst (Austria)	18
The role of in-channel vegetation in driving and controlling the geomorphic changes along a gravel-bed river	18
Large river chronology along the Jinshaan Gorge on the Yellow River and its implications for initialization	18
Debris flow and long-term denudation rates in a tropical passive margin escarpment in South America	18
Origin and evolution of slope-confined canyons and their relationship with gas hydrate accumulation in the northwestern Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea	18
Detection of long-term slope displacement using time-series DInSAR and geological factor analysis for susceptibility assessment of landslides in northwestern Kyushu Island	17
Variation in the ITCZ position controls the evolution of the piedmont landscape of the tropical Andes (Colombia) during the late Quaternary	17
Power law models for rockfall frequency-magnitude distributions: review and identification of factors that influence the scaling exponent	17
The encountering dune fields in a bidirectional flow system in the northwestern South China Sea: Pattern, morphology, and recent dynamics	17
Mapping stony rise landforms using a novel remote sensing, geophysical, and machine learning approach	17
Long-term morphodynamic evolution in the Modaomen Estuary of the Pearl River Delta, South China	17
Quantifying spit growth and its hydrodynamic drivers in wind-dominated lake environments	17
Influence of sedimentary processes and fault tectonics on the evolution of submarine canyons in the East Andaman Basin: Insights from high-resolution seismic data analysis	17
Late Quaternary activity of the Qingchuan Fault, eastern Tibetan Plateau margin: Insights from stream channel offsets and catchment erosion	17
Using a non-invasive multiple-method approach to characterize rock glaciers in the periglacial critical zone: An example from the San Juan Mountains, Colorado	17
Tectonically driven drainage reorganization in the Eastern Cordillera, Colombia	17
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Land use changes impact on selected chemical denudation element and components of water cycle in small mountain catchment using SWAT model	16
Spatial variability of water-induced soil erosion under climate change and land use/cover dynamics: From assessing the past to foreseeing the future in the Mediterranean island of Crete	16
Proposal, application and partial validation of a simplified expression evaluating the stability of sandy slopes under rainfall conditions	16
Landslide causative factors evaluation using GIS in the tectonically active Glafkos River area, northwestern Peloponnese, Greece	16
Assessing the control factors upon glacial valley development in southernmost Patagonia (Fuegian Andes of Argentina)	15
Three-dimensionally consistent contour-based network rendered from digital terrain model data	15
3D modeling-based area-volume power-law relationships for incipient rotational slides	15
Exploring the bio-geomorphological evolution of mega nourishments with a cellular automata model	15
Silica and iron mobilization, cave development and landscape evolution in iron formations in Brazil	15
The role of bedrock and climate for the Late Quaternary erosive-depositional behavior of an intraplate tropical river: The Tietê River case, southeastern Brazil	15
PSO-SLIC algorithm: A novel automated method for the generation of high-homogeneity slope units using DEM data	15
Large rock and ice avalanches frequently produce cascading processes in High Mountain Asia	15
Morphometric analysis of monogenetic volcanoes in the Garrotxa Volcanic Field, Iberian Peninsula	15
Caves and bats: Morphological impacts and archaeological implications. The Azé Prehistoric Cave (Saône-et-Loire, France)	15
Lake-level responses to climate change in an inland basin in the Japanese Islands during the last 16 kyr	15
Characteristics of landscape and erosion in the Eastern Pamir and their implications for regional fault connections	15
Exhumation of the passive margin of the DR Congo during pre- and post- Gondwana breakup: Evidence from low-temperature thermochronology, geology and geomorphology	15
Medieval age determined for the hitherto undescribed/undated rock avalanche of Münster (Inn valley, Eastern Alps)	15
Geomorphology of a bended submarine canyon in Wanhu Seamount region, northern South China Sea: Insights from manned submersible observation and measurement	15
On the effect of two-direction seasonal flows on barchans and the origin of occluded dunes	15
Inferring on fluvial resilience from multi-temporal high-resolution topography and geomorphic unit diversity	15
A trans-scale simulation of aeolian sand flow – dune – dune field based on actual environmental wind field	14
Fluvial entrenchment of the Gonghe Basin and integration of the upper Yellow River - Evidence from the cosmogenically dated geomorphic surfaces	14
The uncertain future of mountaintop-removal-mined landscapes 2: Modeling the influence of topography and vegetation	14
Assessment of methods for reconstructing Little Ice Age glacier surfaces on the examples of Novaya Zemlya and the Swiss Alps	14
Seismically induced rockfall hazard from a physically based model and ground motion scenarios in Italy	14
Entrenchment of the Yellow River since the late Miocene under changing tectonics and climate	14
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Long-term denudation rate of karstic North Dalmatian Plain (Croatia) calculated from 36Cl cosmogenic nuclides	14
Soil moisture dynamics near a gully head in relation to the trigger of collapse in granite red soil slope in southern China	14
Morphological dynamics and vegetation interactions in coastal dunes: UAV-based insights from Pingtan Island, China	14
Reconstructing a 51-year record of catchment scale dissolved load for the Haast/Awarua River in the Southern Alps, New Zealand	14
Internal structures of the Last Glacial Period multi-phase cold-climate aeolian dunes, Moravian Sahara, Czechia	14
Inferring rockfall frequency-magnitude relationships and talus accumulation times from lichenometric study of talus deposits, Glenwood Canyon, CO, USA	14
Repeated failures of the giant Beshkiol Landslide and their impact on the long-term Naryn Basin floodings, Kyrgyz Tien Shan	14
The influence of weathering processes on microtopographic changes of sandstone under simulated upper intertidal conditions from weekly to monthly scales	14
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Deriving a denudation index for terrestrial meteorite impact craters using drainages as proxies	14
Frost weathering in contemporary active-layer deposits—micro-scale records from Kaffiøyra Plain (NW Spitsbergen)	14
Assessing the effects of anthropogenesis on Appalachian flood severity: An eastern Kentucky case study	14

Human-driven global geomorphic change	14
Morphological differences of longitudinal profiles between glacial cirques and non-glacial valley heads, described by mathematical fitting	14
Strandline records of high frequency, low magnitude drops in water level, glacial Lake Agassiz basin, Central Polk County, MN, USA	14
Sedimentary characteristics and formation of riverine source bordering dunes in a humid region: an example from the lower reaches of Kiso River, central Japan	14
Blowing the rivers: Regional-scale control of the drainage network by wind in northern Kalahari (Africa)	14
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Lava deltas, a key landform in oceanic volcanic islands: El Hierro, Canary Islands	13
Numerical modelling of geothermal heat flux and ice velocity influencing the thermal conditions of the Priestley Glacier trough (northern Victoria Land, Antarctica)	13
A global landslide non-susceptibility map	13
Effect of topographic background on sand wave migration on the eastern Taiwan Banks	13
Valley-scale controls and hydrogeomorphic processes driving channel breakdown in a dynamic floodplain wetland system: The Mara River, Tanzania	13
Hillslope surface classification from elevation models by using normal vectors	13
Vertical reworking of sediment by the cased caddisfly Glossosomatidae (Agapetus fuscipes) increases sand exposure and availability in armoured gravel-bed rivers	13
Revisited sediment budget with latest bathymetric data in the highly altered Yangtze (Changjiang) Estuary	13
Meta-analysis of a large bedload transport rate dataset	13
Multi-year evolution of 75 snow and ice deposits in Schachtdolines and Shafts of recently deglaciated karst terrain: Observations from Mount Canin-Kanin, Julian Alps, Europe	13
Assessment of piping-sinkhole development in a fluvial-terrace scarp retreat environment: A multi-temporal analysis on the lower Ticino River (Italy)	13
Submarine geomorphology and processes: From coast to deep abyssal plains	13
Quantifying geomorphic change in Andean river valleys using UAV-PPK-SfM techniques: An example from the western Peruvian Andes	13
Gneissic tors in the central European upland: Complex Late Pleistocene forms?	13
Spatial variation in drainage area — Runoff relationships and implications for bankfull geometry scaling	13
The role of monsoon in the long-term topographic evolution of East Asia (North China)	13
Age attribution to a karst system using river long profile analysis (Hyblean Plateau, Sicily, Italy)	13
Characteristics and selective mobility of bedload sheets	13
Corrigendum to “The encountering dune fields in a bidirectional flow system in the northwestern South China Sea: Pattern, morphology, and recent dynamics” [Geomorphology 406 (2022) 108210]	13
Fluvial-aeolian interactions in a partly confined reach of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet	13
Terrain-driven circulation around megadune–lake system in China's Badain Jaran Sand Sea	13
The transformation between different modes of motion of particles in steady aeolian transport	13
Projected effects of climate change on shallow landslides, North Shore Mountains, Vancouver, Canada	13
Millennial-scale coseismic landslide history inferred from topographic and stratigraphic features of a post-caldera cone of Aso Volcano in southwestern Japan	13
How did the Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River form?	13
Bedform generation beneath shoaling nonlinear internal waves on a mild slope	13
Paleoseismic events and shallow subsurface structure of the central part of the Futagawa fault, which generated the 2016 Mw 7.0 Kumamoto earthquake	13
Cliffs and ramparts: Persistent steep slopes in the landscape	13
Morphotectonic configuration of the Podtatranská Kotlina Basin and its relationship to the origin of the Western Carpathians	13
Interaction between climatic conditions, water- and sediment-fluxes in an alpine basin: Long-term monthly and seasonal analysis	13
Inter-annual morphological evolution and volume changes of a meso- to macrotidal beach exhibiting multiple intertidal bars (MITB)	13
Future Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) hazard of the South Lhonak Lake, Sikkim Himalaya	13
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Characterizing the spatial variations of wind velocity and turbulence intensity around a single Tamarix tree	12
Contourite distribution on the continental slope off NW Ireland, Rockall Trough (NE Atlantic Ocean): genesis and evolution	12
Unravelling litho-structural and tectonic influences on geomorphic and river longitudinal profile character in the Brahmani River Basin of eastern India	12
Dike fields as drivers and witnesses of twentieth-century hydrosedimentary changes in a highly engineered river (Rhône River, France)	12
Prolonged landscape stability sustained the continuous development of ancient civilizations in the Shuangji River valley of China's Central Plains	12
Eastern Lomonosov Ridge: Constraints for a variable ice mass thickness during former glaciations	12
Fractional transport rates in a poorly sorted sand-bed river	12
Relationships between torrent check dam systems and shoreline dynamics in semi-arid Mediterranean area: A sub-regional focus in Calabria, Italy	12
“Fault dynamics and paleoseismic evidence in the Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalayan foothills: A study of fault-controlled landscapes”	12
Poljes in the Sivas gypsum karst, Turkey	12
Mechanisms of glacier surges in the Central Himalayas uncovered using remote sensing and glacier modelling	12
Non-uniform dune development in the presence of standalone beach buildings	12
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Assessing the morphological alteration of river reaches from 15 years of measurements: French hydromorphological database and indicators (Carhyce)	12
Reconstructing depositional environments through cave interior facies: The case of Galería Complex (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)	12
Travertine and calcareous tufa occurrences as an indicator of the ongoing tectonic activity of the Central Slovak Fault System inferred from airborne laser scanning data, geomorphometric, and structur	12
Experimental study of sand splash-saltation process in different moisture	12
The Botany Sands of southeast Australia: A Quaternary inland dune and swamp system	12
Study of shelly shore ridge formation using wave flume experiments: Morphological evolution and depositional patterns	12
Exploring the inclusion of soil management practices in erosion models towards the improvement of post-fire predictions	12
Late Quaternary river evolution and its response to climate changes in the upper Mekong River of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau	12
The challenge of measuring rock moisture–a laboratory experiment using eight types of sensors	12
The extreme 2013/14 winter storms: Regional patterns in multi-annual beach recovery	12
Channel change during catastrophic flood: Example of Storm Alex in the Vésubie and Roya valleys	12
Monitoring glacier surges in the Kongur Tagh area of the Tibetan Plateau using Sentinel-1 SAR data	12
Environmental factors controlling the Last Glacial multi-phase development of the Moravian Sahara dune field, Lower Moravian Basin, Central Europe	12
Large-scale spatial variability in loess landforms and their evolution, Luohe River Basin, Chinese Loess Plateau	11
Inventorying rock glaciers in the Western Himalaya, India, and assessing their hydrological significance	11
Environmental control of the present-day sediment export along the extratropical Andes	11
Soil and geomorphic patterns within relict charcoal hearths could represent unique ecosystem niches	11
Long-term uplift pattern recorded by rivers across contrasting lithology: Insights into earthquake recurrence in the epicentral area of the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, Japan	11
Internal structure and recent dynamics of a moraine complex in an alpine glacier forefield revealed by geophysical surveying and Sentinel-1 InSAR time series	11
Eastward drainage-divide migrations driven by the spatial variations in precipitation and tectonic uplift contribute to the formation of the Parallel Rivers in the Hengduan Mountains, Southeastern Tib	11
Risk assessment of a glacial lake with abruptly slowing expansion, Jiongpu, Southeastern Tibet	11
Morphoevolution of the Seymareh landslide-dam lake system (Zagros Mountains, Iran): Implications for Holocene climate and environmental changes	11
The role of riparian buffer width on sediment connectivity through windthrow in a boreal headwater stream	11
Evaluation of geodiversity in the Brazilian Amazon using different quantification methodologies	11
Assessing functional characteristics of a braided river in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China	11
Denudation of the Golan Heights basaltic terrain using in-situ 36Cl and OSL dating	11
Rock slope failure in the Southern Carpathians (Romania): Range-wide inventory and links with long-term mountain landscape evolution	11
Tracking geomorphic changes after suburban development with a high density of green stormwater infrastructure practices in Montgomery County, Maryland	11
Predicting urban channel morphology amidst multiple complexities	11
Permafrost degradation in the ice-wedge tundra terrace of Paulatuk Peninsula (Darnley Bay, Canada)	11
Effects of catchment characteristics and hydro-meteorological scenarios on sediment connectivity in glacierised catchments	11
Characteristics of surge-type tributary glaciers, Karakoram	11
Cenozoic reshaping of the Barents-Kara Shelf: Influence of erosion, sedimentation, and glaciation	11
The effects of discharge and bank orientation on the annual riverbank erosion along Powder River in Montana, USA	11
Sediment fluxes within salt marsh tidal creek systems in the Yangtze Estuary	11
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Modelling early medieval flood-induced breaching of a coversand ridge in the IJssel valley, Rhine delta, the Netherlands	10
Sources of suspended sediments in salt marsh creeks: Field measurements in China and the Netherlands	10
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The geometric relationships of salients and tombolos along a mesotidal tropical coast	10
Elevation-related variations of soil disintegration and its driving forces in the water level fluctuation zone of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China	10
Morphodynamics of active meandering rivers reviewed in a hierarchy of spatial and temporal scales	10