Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Papers
(The median citation count of Earth Surface Processes and Landforms is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Runoff‐generated debris flows: Observation of initiation conditions and erosion–deposition dynamics along the channel at Cancia (eastern Italian Alps)70
Pronounced increase in slope instability linked to global warming: A case study from the eastern European Alps53
Gully prevention and control: Techniques, failures and effectiveness49
What is wrong with post‐fire soil erosion modelling? A meta‐analysis on current approaches, research gaps, and future directions41
Impact of the Three Gorges Dam on riverbed scour and siltation of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River36
Geomorphological evolution of a debris‐covered glacier surface33
Assemblages of geomorphic units: A building block approach to analysis and interpretation of river character, behaviour, condition and recovery32
What type of gully is that? The need for a classification of gullies30
Predicting gully densities at sub‐continental scales: a case study for the Horn of Africa30
A new algorithm for estimating ground elevation and vegetation characteristics in coastal salt marshes from high‐resolution UAV‐based LiDAR point clouds26
Sediment flux‐driven channel geometry adjustment of bedrock and mixed gravel–bedrock rivers25
Biogeomorphology, quo vadis? On processes, time, and space in biogeomorphology25
Talus slope geomorphology investigated at multiple time scales from high‐resolution topographic surveys and historical aerial photographs (Sanetsch Pass, Switzerland)24
The effect of location and geometric properties of landslides caused by rainstorms and earthquakes24
Estimation of initiation thresholds and soil loss from gully erosion on unpaved roads on China's Loess Plateau24
Inventory and evolution of glacial lakes since the Little Ice Age: Lessons from the case of Switzerland23
Predicting sediment connectivity in a mountain basin: A quantitative analysis of the index of connectivity23
How far have management practices come in ‘working with the river’?23
Laboratory simulation of salt weathering under moderate ageing conditions: Implications for the deterioration of sandstone heritage in temperate climates23
Hydro‐morphological mapping of river reaches using videos captured with UAS23
The potential of portable luminescence readers in geomorphological investigations: a review23
Coarse sediment supply sets the slope of bedrock channels in rapidly uplifting terrain: Field and topographic evidence from eastern Taiwan21
Numerical modelling shows an old check‐dam still attenuates flooding and sediment transport21
Interrelations between relief, vegetation, disturbances, and permafrost in the forest‐steppe of central Mongolia20
When do rock glacier fronts fail? Insights from two case studies in South Tyrol (Italian Alps)20
Basin‐wide hydromorphological analysis of ephemeral streams using machine learning algorithms20
Planform‐asymmetry and backwater effects on river‐cutoff kinematics and clustering20
Erosion, transport and deposition of a sediment replenishment under flood conditions19
Drag variations, tidal asymmetry and tidal range changes in a mangrove creek system19
Data‐driven modelling of joint debris flow release susceptibility and connectivity18
Field and flume measurements with the impact plate: Effect of bedload grain‐size distribution on signal response18
Effect of subsurface water level on gully headcut retreat in tropical highlands of Ethiopia18
Evaluation of machine learning algorithms to classify and map landforms in Antarctica18
Evolution of debris cover on glaciers of the Eastern Alps, Austria, between 1996 and 201518
Review and direct evidence of transgressive aeolian sand sheet and dunefield initiation18
Impact of climate on landscape form, sediment transfer and the sedimentary record18
Fluvial palaeohydrology in the 21st century and beyond18
Benthic species as mud patrol ‐ modelled effects of bioturbators and biofilms on large‐scale estuarine mud and morphology18
Salt weathering of sandstone under dehydration and moisture absorption cycles: An experimental study on the sandstone from Dazu rock carvings18
Sediment‐ecological connectivity in a large river network17
Logjams as a driver of transient storage in a mountain stream17
From straight to deeply incised meandering channels: Slope impact on sinuosity of confined streams17
Response of transient rock uplift and base level knickpoints to erosional efficiency contrasts in bedrock streams17
Surface velocity fields of active rock glaciers and ice‐debris complexes in the Central Andes of Argentina17
Influence of orographic precipitation on coevolving landforms and vegetation in semi‐arid ecosystems17
Flooding duration and volume more important than peak discharge in explaining 18 years of gravel–cobble river change17
Signal crayfish burrowing, bank retreat and sediment supply to rivers: A biophysical sediment budget17
Deciphering seismic and normal‐force fluctuation signatures of debris flows: An experimental assessment of effects of flow composition and dynamics16
Rehabilitation effects on gully sediment yields and vegetation in a savanna rangeland16
Quantifying sediment connectivity: Moving toward a holistic assessment through a mixed methods approach16
Sediment transport at the network scale and its link to channel morphology in the braided Vjosa River system16
Comparison of the return period for landslide‐triggering rainfall events in Japan based on standardization of the rainfall period16
Physical modelling of large wood (LW) processes relevant for river management: Perspectives from New Zealand and Switzerland16
Biotic and abiotic factors governing dune response to storm events16
Comparing single‐phase, non‐Newtonian approaches with experimental results: Validating flume‐scale mud and debris flow in HEC‐RAS16
Large wood load fluctuations in an Andean basin16
The fluvial architecture of buried floodplain sediments of the Weiße Elster River (Germany) revealed by a novel method combination of drill cores with two‐dimensional and spatially resolved geophysica16
Comparing geomorphological maps made manually and by deep learning15
Impact of upstream reservoirs on geomorphic evolution in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River15
Multi‐decadal changes in the relationships between rainfall characteristics and debris‐flow occurrences in response to gully evolution after the 1990–1995 Mount Unzen eruptions15
Effect of vegetation cover and sediment type on 3D subsurface structure and shear strength in saltmarshes15
Variability in infragravity wave processes during estuary artificial entrance openings15
Spatio‐temporal assessment of the hydrological drivers of an active deep‐seated gravitational slope deformation: The Vögelsberg landslide in Tyrol (Austria)15
Quantification of biogeomorphic interactions between small‐scale sediment transport and primary vegetation succession on proglacial slopes of the Gepatschferner, Austria15
How debris‐flow composition affects bed erosion quantity and mechanisms: An experimental assessment15
The active layer in gravel‐bed rivers: An empirical appraisal15
A Green New Balance: Interactions among riparian vegetation plant traits and morphodynamics in alluvial rivers15
Long‐term spatiotemporal variability in the surface velocity of Eastern Himalayan glaciers, India15
A historical review of sediment export–import shift in the North Branch of Changjiang Estuary15
Coastal erosion and sediment reworking caused by hurricane Irma – implications for storm impact on low‐lying tropical islands14
Mechanisms for avulsion on alluvial fans: Insights from high‐frequency topographic data14
Topographic thresholds for gully head formation in badlands14
Preserved landscapes underneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet reveal the geomorphological history of Jutulstraumen Basin14
CFD simulations of wind flow across scarped foredunes: Implications for sediment pathways and beach–dune recovery after storms14
Wave direction shift triggered severe erosion of beaches in estuaries and bays with limited post‐storm recovery14
Bayesian geomorphology14
Anthropogenic relief changes in a long‐lasting lignite mining area (‘Ville’, Germany) derived from historic maps and digital elevation models14
Width control on event‐scale deposition and evacuation of sediment in bedrock‐confined channels13
An automated procedure to calculate the morphological parameters of superimposed rhythmic bedforms13
Paleoseismology of the 2016 MW 6.1 Petermann earthquake source: Implications for intraplate earthquake behaviour and the geomorphic longevity of bedrock fault scarps in a low strain‐13
Air flow and sediment transport dynamics on a foredune with contrasting vegetation cover13
Natural levee evolution in vegetated fluvial‐tidal environments13
A catastrophic flowslide that overrides a liquefied substrate: the 1983 Saleshan landslide in China13
Morphodynamic research challenges for braided river environments: Lessons from the iconic case of New Zealand13
Process inference from topographic fractal characteristics in the tectonically active Northwest Himalaya, India13
Seven decades of hydrogeomorphological changes in a near‐natural (Sense River) and a hydropower‐regulated (Sarine River) pre‐Alpine river floodplain in Western Switzerland13
Soil erosion and sediment transport in Tanzania: Part I – sediment source tracing in three neighbouring river catchments13
Exploring new methods to analyse spatial impact distributions on debris‐flow fans using data from south‐western British Columbia13
Development of a geomorphic monitoring strategy for stage 0 restoration in the South Fork McKenzie River, Oregon, USA13
Salt‐marsh retreat on different time scales: Issues and prospects from a 5‐year monitoring campaign in the Venice Lagoon13
Mapping riverbed sediment size from Sentinel‐2 satellite data13
Morphology and evolution of supraglacial hummocks on debris‐covered Himalayan glaciers13
SfM‐MVS Photogrammetry for Splash Erosion Monitoring under Natural Rainfall13
Quantifying the spatial distribution of sediment transport in an experimental gully system using the morphological method12
Response of the gravel–sand transition in the Yangtze River to hydrological and sediment regime changes after upstream damming12
Late Holocene flood magnitudes in the Lower Rhine river valley and upper delta resolved by a two‐dimensional hydraulic modelling approach12
A comparison of hillslope drainage area estimation methods using high‐resolution DEMs with implications for topographic studies of gullies12
Morphodynamic effects of vegetation life stage on experimental meandering channels12
Morpho‐sedimentary evolution of a microtidal meandering channel driven by 130 years of natural and anthropogenic modifications of the Venice Lagoon (Italy)12
Holocene climate forcings and lacustrine regime shifts in the Indian summer monsoon realm12
Intersecting views of gully erosion in South Africa12
Modelling localized sources of sediment in mountain catchments for provenance studies12
Controls on the development of continuous gullies: A 60 year monitoring study in the Moldavian Plateau of Romania12
Monitoring soil erosion on agricultural land: results and implications for the Rother valley, West Sussex, UK12
Late Quaternary terrace formation from knickpoint propagation in the headwaters of the Yellow River, NE Tibetan Plateau12
Relative quantification of wind erosion in argan woodlands in the Souss Basin, Morocco12
Fetch and distance from the bay control accretion and erosion patterns in Terrebonne marshes (Louisiana, USA)12
Late Quaternary drainage reorganization assisted by surface faulting: The example of the Katrol Hill Fault zone, Kachchh, western India12
Sinkhole subsidence monitoring combining terrestrial laser scanner and high‐precision levelling12
Geomorphology of the fluvial–estuarine transition zone, lower Neuse River, North Carolina12
Rapid tidal marsh development in anthropogenic backwaters12
Spatio‐temporal reconstruction of avulsion history at the terminus of a modern dryland river system11
Understanding historical coastal spit evolution: A case study from Spurn, East Yorkshire, UK11
Spatial and temporal controls on proglacial erosion rates: A comparison of four basins on Mount Rainier, 1960 to 201711
Can soil piping impact environment and society? Identifying new research gaps11
High‐resolution fjord sediment record of a receding glacier with growing intermediate proglacial lake (Steffen Fjord, Chilean Patagonia)11
Predicting gully erosion using landform evolution models: Insights from mining landforms11
Novel sediment sampling method provides new insights into vertical grain size variability due to marine and aeolian beach processes11
Perspectives on being a field‐based geomorphologist during pregnancy and early motherhood11
On the predictive skill of morphodynamic models for onshore sandbar migration11
Quantification of permafrost creep provides kinematic evidence for classifying a puzzling periglacial landform11
Quantifying the influence of rainfall, vegetation and animals on soil erosion and hillslope connectivity in the monsoonal tropics of northern Australia11
The spatial distribution of sedimentary compounds and their environmental implications in surface sediments of Lake Khar Nuur (Mongolian Altai)11
Detecting multi‐scale riverine topographic variability and its influence on Chinook salmon habitat selection11
Video monitoring of in‐channel wood: From flux characterization and prediction to recommendations to equip stations11
Observations on decadal sandbar behaviour along a large‐scale curved shoreline11
Morphology of estuarine bedforms, Weser Estuary, Germany11
Timing, volume and precursory indicators of rock‐ and cliff fall on a permafrost mountain ridge (Mattertal, Switzerland)11
Measuring the grain‐size distributions of mass movement deposits11
Coupling of tectonic factors and precipitation variability as a driver of Late Quaternary aggradation in Northeast Brazil11
Changes in shore platform wetting and drying cycles following the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake: Implications for incipient marine terrace evolution11
Large‐scale turbulent mixing at a mesoscale confluence assessed through drone imagery and eddy‐resolved modelling11
Mapping potential surface ponding in agriculture using UAV‐SfM11
Equality, diversity, inclusion: ensuring a resilient future for geomorphology10
Seismic constraints on rock damaging related to a failing mountain peak: the Hochvogel, Allgäu10
Reassessing southern African silcrete geochemistry: implications for silcrete origin and sourcing of silcrete artefacts10
Linking the explicit probability of entrainment of instrumented particles to flow hydrodynamics10
Mediterranean badlands: Their driving processes and climate change futures10
Riparian shading mitigates warming but cannot revert thermal alteration by impoundments in lowland rivers10
Badass gully morphodynamics and sediment generation in Waipaoa Catchment, New Zealand10
Source of the aeolian sediments in the Yarlung Tsangpo valley and its potential dust contribution to adjacent oceans10
Relating millimeter‐scale turbulence to meter‐scale subtidal erosion and accretion across the fringe of a coastal mangrove forest10
Flood‐duration‐integrated stream power and frequency magnitude of >50‐year‐long sediment discharge out of a hyperarid watershed10
Understanding historical earthquakes by mapping coseismic landslides in the Loess Plateau, northwest China10
Changes in the vegetation cover of transgressive dune fields: A case study in Cape Woolamai, Victoria10
Contrasting beach‐ridge systems in different types of coastal settings10
Lateral bedrock erosion and valley formation in a heterogeneously layered landscape, Northeast Kansas10
Simulation of aerodynamic entrainment with interparticle cohesions based on discrete element method10
Channel response to a dam‐removal sediment pulse captured at high‐temporal resolution using routine gage data10
Assessing performance of a “nature‐based” foredune restoration project, Oceano Dunes, California, USA10
A framework for 210Pb model selection and its application to 37 cores from Eastern Canada to identify the dynamics and drivers of lake sedimentation rates10
The effect of long‐term aerial exposure on intertidal mudflat erodibility10
Covariation in width and depth in bedrock rivers10
Post‐fire management effects on sediment (dis)connectivity in Mediterranean forest ecosystems: Channel and catchment response10
Illuminating past river incision, sediment source and pathways using luminescence signals of individual feldspar grains (Rangitikei River, New Zealand)10
Observations of the incipient and penultimate stages of Holocene marine terrace development10
Disturbance and valley confinement: Controls on floodplain large wood and organic matter jam deposition in the Colorado Front Range, USA10
River channel response to invasive plant treatment across the American Southwest10
Landslide susceptibility analysis based on citizen reports10
The role of bathymetry and directional wave conditions on observed crescentic bar dynamics9
Geomorphic response to historic and ongoing human impacts in a large lowland river9
Climate‐change driven increased flood magnitudes and frequency in the British uplands: Geomorphologically informed scientific underpinning for upland flood‐risk management9
Coastal honeycombs (Tuscany, Italy): Moisture distribution, evaporation rate, tensile strength, and origin9
A general model for predicting aeolian transport rate over sand surfaces with vegetation cover9
The hydrology of glacier‐bed overdeepenings: Sediment transport mechanics, drainage system morphology, and geomorphological implications9
Modelling future lahars controlled by different volcanic eruption scenarios at Cotopaxi (Ecuador) calibrated with the massively destructive 1877 lahar9
Channel morphodynamics and sediment budget of the Lower Ganga River using a hydrogeomorphological approach9
Predicting post‐fire debris flow grain sizes and depositional volumes in the Intermountain West, United States9
A framework for predicting abrasion rupture of crusts in wind erosion9
Significantly enhanced mid Holocene fluvial activity in a globally important, arid‐zone wetland: The Okavango Delta, Botswana9
Flank margin caves can connect to regionally extensive touching vug networks before burial: Implications for cave formation and fluid flow9
Paraglacial exposure and collapse of glacial sediment: The 2013 landslide onto Svínafellsjökull, southeast Iceland9
‘Fluvial geomorphology and environmental design’: Restitution for damage, rehabilitation, restoration or rewilding?9
Monitoring soil surface roughness under growing winter wheat with low‐altitude UAV sensing: Potential and limitations9
Factors that contribute to the elongation of drumlins beneath the Green Bay Lobe, Laurentide Ice Sheet9
Sediment controls on the transition from debris flow to fluvial channels in steep mountain ranges9
Repeated high flows drive morphological change in rivers in recently deglaciated catchments9
Late Quaternary landscape evolution and paleoenvironmental implications from multiple geomorphic dryland systems, Orog Nuur Basin, Mongolia9
In‐situ measurement of grain size characteristics within the aeolian saltation layer on a coastal beach9
Linkages between bedload displacements and topographic change9
Connectivity and directionality in estuarine channel networks9
Modelling seasonal variation of gully erosion at the catchment scale9
Numerical modelling of subglacial ribs, drumlins, herringbones, and mega‐scale glacial lineations reveals their developmental trajectories and transitions8
Pore pressure evolution in bed sediment overridden by debris flow: A general formulation8
Testing the performance of ice thickness models to estimate the formation of potential future glacial lakes in Austria8
UAV RGB, thermal infrared and multispectral imagery used to investigate the control of terrain on the spatial distribution of dryland biocrust8
Does the topographic data source truly influence the routing modelling of debris flows in a torrent catchment?8
Coastal aeolian sediment transport in an active bed surface layer: Tracer study and conceptual model8
Effects of sediment grain size and channel slope on the stability of river bifurcations8
Active temperate glacial landsystem evolution in association with outwash head/depositional overdeepenings8
The Negro River in the Anavilhanas Archipelago: Streamflow and geomorphology of a complex anabranching system in the Amazon8
The contribution of grain sorting to the dynamics of the bedload active layer8
Forecasting soil erosion and sediment yields during flash floods: The disastrous case of Mandra, Greece, 20178
Dynamic restoration and the impact of native versus invasive vegetation on coastal foredune morphodynamics, Lanphere Dunes, California, USA8
Wetlandscape (dis)connectivity and fragmentation in a large wetland (Haiderpur) in west Ganga plains, India8
Automated facies identification by Direct Push‐based sensing methods (CPT, HPT) and multivariate linear discriminant analysis to decipher geomorphological changes and storm surge impact on a medieval 8
Early detection of potential landslides along high‐speed railway lines: A pressing issue8
Past, present and future of a meandering river in the Bolivian Amazon basin8
Geometry of obstacle marks at instream boulders—integration of laboratory investigations and field observations8
Sediment deposition (1940–2017) in a historically pristine lake in a rapidly developing tropical highland region in Ethiopia8
Riparian vegetation life stages control the impact of flood sequencing on braided river morphodynamics8
Ground fissures within the Main Ethiopian Rift: Tectonic, lithological and piping controls8
Surface cracks—geomorphological indicators for late Quaternary halotectonic movements in Northern Germany8
Uneven surface moisture as a driver of dune formation on ephemeral lake beds under conditions similar to the present day: A model‐based assessment from the Makgadikgadi Basin, northern Botswana8
Entrainment of bed sediment composed of very fine material8
Natural and anthropogenic controls on sediment rating curves in northern California coastal watersheds8
Robust methods for the decomposition and interpretation of compound dunes applied to a complex hydromorphological setting8
Soil erosion and sediment transport in Tanzania: Part II – sedimentological evidence of phased land degradation8
Geomorphic covariance structure of a confined mountain river reveals landform organization stage threshold8
A systematic approach and software for the analysis of point patterns on river networks8
Particle saltation trajectories in supercritical open channel flows: Roughness effect8
Inversion of provenance data and sediment load into spatially varying erosion rates8
Streamlined subglacial bedform sensitivity to bed characteristics across the deglaciated Northern Hemisphere8
Implications of reworking processes on tephra distribution during volcanic eruptions: The case of Parícutin (1943–1952, western Mexico)8
Topographic controls on ice flow and recession for Juneau Icefield (Alaska/British Columbia)8
Morphodynamics of a meandering channel over decadal timescales in response to hydrological variations8
Quantifying decadal volumetric changes along sandy beaches using improved historical aerial photographic models and contemporary data7
Rates, factors, and tolerances of water erosion in the Cerrado biome (Brazil): A meta‐analysis of runoff plot data7
Controls of alluvial cover formation, morphology and bedload transport in a sinuous channel with a non‐alluvial boundary7
Post‐disturbance evolution of a prograded foredune barrier during a sustained dynamic restoration project—the role of wind speed, wind direction and vegetation7
Large wood load and transport in a flood‐free period within an inter‐dam reach: a decade of monitoring the Dyje River, Czech Republic7
Delayed neck cutoff in the meandering Black River of the Qinghai–Tibet plateau7
Forward modelling of the completeness and preservation of palaeoclimate signals recorded by ice‐marginal moraines7
Influence of landscape moisture sources and topography on rock weathering patterns associated with wildfire7
Age, formation and significance of loess deposits in central Sweden7
Aeolian sand transport thresholds in excavated foredune notches7
Influence of thawed soil depth on rainfall erosion of frozen bare meadow soil in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau7
Impact of an 0.2 km3 Rock Avalanche on Lake Eibsee (Bavarian Alps, Germany) – Part II: Catchment Response to Consecutive Debris Avalanche and Debris Flow7
Sediment supply control on morphodynamic processes in gravel‐bed river widenings7
Subglacial evolution from distributed to channelized drainage: Evidence from the Lake Murtoo area in SW Finland7
Splash detachment of sand particles under varying contact stress field of wind‐driven raindrop impact7
Assessing non‐steady‐state erosion processes using paired 10Be–26Al in southeastern Tibet7
Conceptual model of fracture‐limited sea cliff erosion: Erosion of the seaward tilted flyschs of Socoa, Basque Country, France7
Seventy years of watershed response to floods and changing forestry practices in western Oregon, USA7
Evaluating a new landform evolution model: A case study using a proposed mine rehabilitation landform7
Seasonal morphodynamics of multiple intertidal bars (MITBs) on a meso‐ to macrotidal beach7
Model prediction capacity of ephemeral gully evolution in conservation tillage systems7
Channel stability in steep gravel–cobble streams is controlled by the coarse tail of the bed material distribution7
Lost and found: Maximizing the information from a series of bedload tracer surveys7
Field tests of an improved sediment tracer including non‐intrusive measurement of burial depth7
Alluvial connectivity in multi‐channel networks in rivers and estuaries7
Modelling sediment (dis)connectivity across a river network to understand locational‐transmission‐filter sensitivity for identifying hotspots of potential geomorphic adjustment7
Suitability of phytoliths as a quantitative process tracer for soil erosion studies7
Simulating the role of tides and sediment characteristics on tidal flat sorting and bedding dynamics7
Rectangular drainage pattern evolution controlled by pipe cave collapse along clastic dikes, the Dead Sea Basin, Israel7
Predicting monthly to multi‐annual foredune growth at a narrow beach7
The role of riparian vegetation flexibility in a bio‐hydro‐morphodynamic simulation7
Braiding knowledges of braided rivers – the need for place‐based perspectives and lived experience in the science of landscapes7
Influence of physical crust cover on the wind erodibility of soils in the inland Pacific Northwest, USA7
Impact of human intervention structures on the rivers: An investigation of the spatiotemporal variation of grain size in the Tista River, eastern Himalayas7
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