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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
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Catastrophic overwash and rapid retreat of a gravel barrier spit during storm events (Sillon de Talbert, North Brittany, France)40
Bedload infilling and depositional patterns in chute cutoffs channels of a gravel‐bed river: The Ain River, France36
Remote detection of upland surface water storage capacity in deglaciated terrain30
Ecosystem engineering by periphyton in Alpine proglacial streams29
Advanced methods to investigate hydro‐morphological processes in open‐water environments28
Conceptual model of fracture‐limited sea cliff erosion: Erosion of the seaward tilted flyschs of Socoa, Basque Country, France27
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Importance of vegetation in riverbank resilience: An experimental approach25
Classifying types of gully changes with unoccupied aircraft vehicles 3D multitemporal point clouds for training of satellite data analysis in Northwest Namibia24
Ephemeral landform development following rapid coastal uplift in the southern orogen of Taiwan24
The slow downwearing of Madagascar: Inferring patterns and controls on long‐term basin‐averaged erosion rates from in situ10Be at the catchment and regional level23
Spatiotemporal changes of desertification areas in the Alxa Desert obtained from satellite imagery23
Aeolization on the Atlantic coast of Galicia (NW Spain) from the end of the last glacial period to the present day: Chronology, origin and evolution of coastal dunes linked to sea‐level oscillations23
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Strengths and weaknesses of acoustic pipe microphone systems in ephemeral, sandy, gravel‐bed rivers23
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Combining geophysical and geomorphological data to reconstruct the development of relief of a medieval castle site in the Spessart low mountain range, Germany22
Post‐disturbance evolution of a prograded foredune barrier during a sustained dynamic restoration project—the role of wind speed, wind direction and vegetation22
The formation and evolution of Al‐rich protoliths in the southern Ribeira belt, Brazil: Insights from remnants of a Precambrian paleoweathering surface22
The how, when, and why of an abandoned bedrock meander of the Colorado River, Utah (U.S.)21
Reconstructing active tectonics from land–sea correlations based on cross‐interpretation of core and seismic data for the Tyrrhenian coastal segment in southern Italy21
On a ~210 t Caribbean coastal boulder: The huracanolito seaward of the ruins of the Bucanero resort, Juragua, Oriente, Cuba20
Sediment deposition (1940–2017) in a historically pristine lake in a rapidly developing tropical highland region in Ethiopia19
Confluence morphodynamics in mountain rivers in response to intense tributary bedload input19
Death of a palaeochannel: Slow abandonment of an avulsed channel on the Riverine Plains, SE Australia19
Unravelling fluvial versus glacial legacy controls on boulder‐bed river geomorphology for semi‐alluvial rivers in Fennoscandia19
Structural shifts in plant functional diversity during biogeomorphic succession: Moving beyond taxonomic investigations in an alpine glacier foreland18
‘Fluvial geomorphology and environmental design’: Restitution for damage, rehabilitation, restoration or rewilding?18
Construction, destruction and fan‐river coupling dynamics during two consecutive debris flow events in an arid fluvial system18
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Bedload tracing with RFID tags in gravel‐bed rivers: Review and meta‐analysis after 20 years of field and laboratory experiments18
Predicting sediment connectivity in a mountain basin: A quantitative analysis of the index of connectivity18
Was the termination of the Jizera River meandering during the Late Holocene caused by anthropogenic or climatic forcing?17
Drainage development on the northern Tibetan Plateau controlled by the Altyn Tagh Fault: Insights from analogue modelling17
Observations of megacusp dynamics and their coupling with crescentic bars at an open, fetch‐limited beach17
Evaluation of the applicability of three sediment transport capacity equations on steep colluvial slopes and their modifications17
Recurrent debris flows and their downstream fate: Geomorphic drivers of an anomalous sediment load, Suiattle River, Washington State, USA16
Rates, factors, and tolerances of water erosion in the Cerrado biome (Brazil): A meta‐analysis of runoff plot data16
Variation in soil erosion rate under typical land uses and vertical zones in an agricultural catchment of the Daliangshan region, Southwest China16
Evaluating success in a changing academic landscape16
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Long‐term drivers of shoreline change over two centuries on a headland‐embayment beach15
Utilizing geospatial tools for the assessment of river bank erosion and migration patterns in complex braided and meandering river systems15
The influence of bedrock river morphology and alluvial cover on gravel entrainment: Part 1. Pivot angles and surface roughness15
Debris‐flow fan development and geomorphic effects in alpine canyons under a changing climate15
Mio‐Pliocene paleo‐course of Indus River in Upper Sutlej‐Zhada basin: Implication of tectonic uplift on river piracy and drainage reorganization in SW Tibet and NW Himalaya15
Morphology, timing, and drivers of post‐glacial landslides in the northern Yellowstone region15
River confinement and braiding loss in Canterbury region, Aotearoa New Zealand15
The effects of wind‐generated currents on velocity asymmetry in tidal basins with varying geometries15
Geomorphological evidence of the Malta‐Sicily land‐bridge during the Last Glacial Maximum inferred from seismic profiles15
Topographic perturbation of turbulent boundary layers by low‐angle, early‐stage aeolian dunes15
Simplifying Raupach's model of shear‐stress partitioning by clarifying the relationship between β and σ and quantifying the shear‐stress probability density based on numerical simulation15
Modelling sediment (dis)connectivity across a river network to understand locational‐transmission‐filter sensitivity for identifying hotspots of potential geomorphic adjustment14
Coupled effects of heavy rainfall and falling water‐level exhibit the most significant influences on reservoir bank failures14
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Legacy sediment: A conceptual model and perspective on the role of dams14
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The impact of wind‐waves and sea level rise on the morphodynamics of a sandy estuarine shoal14
Assessment of western Oregon debris‐flow hazards in burned and unburned environments14
Disintegration characteristics of undisturbed loess in response to train vibration frequency14
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Simulation of loess gully evolution based on geographic cellular automata14
Contribution of bedrock structures to the bedrock surface topography and groundwater flow systems within deep glaciofluvial aquifers in Kurikka, Western Finland14
Water‐induced disintegration behaviour of Malan loess14
A dynamic riparian forest structure model for predicting large wood inputs to meandering rivers13
What type of gully is that? The need for a classification of gullies13
A pedagogy of fluvial geomorphology: Incorporating scaffolding and active learning into tertiary education courses13
The formation of fan‐deltas in mountain lakes: Findings from Zelené Kežmarské Lake (Slovakia)13
Assessing proxy methods for measuring bedrock erodibility in fluvial impact erosion13
How have Cretan rivers responded to late Holocene uplift? A multi‐millennial, multi‐catchment field experiment to evaluate the applicability of Schumm and Parker's (1973) complex response model13
VedgeSat: An automated, open‐source toolkit for coastal change monitoring using satellite‐derived vegetation edges13
Seismic signatures of individual wave impacts on a coastal cliff13
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Fluviomorphic trajectories for dryland ephemeral stream channels following extreme flash floods13
Hydrological and morphological responses in the São Francisco River Basin (Northeast Brazil) resulting from river damming and climate changes in a tropical region13
Alluvial dynamics of a formerly glaciated Rocky Mountain headwater valley, Colorado13
Lichen impact on sandstone hardness is species‐specific13
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Major fluvial erosion and a 500‐Mt sediment pulse triggered by lava‐dam failure, Río Coca, Ecuador13
Impacts of raindrops increase particle sedimentation in a sheet flow13
Iron pools of the typical loess–palaeosol sequence and their environmental significance in northeastern China13
115 years of sediment deposition in a reservoir in Central Europe: Topographic change detection12
From glaciers to large rivers: Lessons and insights from long‐term bedload monitoring12
A rare piedmont glaciation in the Mediterranean: Insights from cosmogenic 36Cl dating of Davraz hummocky moraine field (SW Türkiye)12
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Carbon stocks in umbric ferralsols driven by plant productivity and geomorphic processes, not by mineral protection12
Autonomous generation of alluvial fans in landscape evolution models12
Karst landform classification considering surface flow characteristics derived from digital elevation models12
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Comparability of multi‐temporal DTMs derived from different LiDAR platforms: Error sources and uncertainties in the application of geomorphic impact studies12
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Topographic signatures of progressive glacial landscape transformation12
Runoff–sediment dynamics and degradation patterns in an abandoned terraced landscape on the Loess Plateau12
Perspectives on being a field‐based geomorphologist during pregnancy and early motherhood12
Implications of a specific storm event for understanding adjustment of urban dryland channels12
Evolution, sedimentation and thermal state of the emerging pro‐glacial lakes at Witenwasserengletscher, Switzerland11
Sounding out the river: Seismic and hydroacoustic monitoring of bedload transport11
Development of ornamentation on ventifacts: An examination of flow and saltation kinematic mechanisms11
Comparison of the return period for landslide‐triggering rainfall events in Japan based on standardization of the rainfall period11
Increased asymmetry of pit‐over‐peak statistics with landscape smoothing11
Current progress in quantifying and monitoring instream large wood supply and transfer in rivers11
Detection of slow‐moving landslides through automated monitoring of surface deformation using Sentinel‐2 satellite imagery11
Numerical modeling of groundwater‐driven stream network evolution in low‐relief post‐glacial landscapes11
The heterogeneity of the hydromorphological responses of a stream to the urbanization of its basin11
Reconstructing basal ice flow patterns of the Last Glacial Maximum Rhine glacier (northern Alpine foreland) based on streamlined subglacial landforms11
Assessing ice sheet models against the landform record: The Likelihood of Accordant Lineations Analysis (LALA) tool11
Automated grain sizing from uncrewed aerial vehicles imagery of a gravel‐bed river: Benchmarking of three object‐based methods11
Evolution of riparian vegetation in response to anthropogenic effects: The Taleqan River, Iran11
Rock–water interaction, chemical weathering and solute transport of two rivers draining contrasting climate gradients in Western Ghats, India11
Spatial gradients in bank stability response in macrotidal environments: Inferences from the Severn estuary (UK)11
Dynamic bedrock channel width during knickpoint retreat enhances undercutting of coupled hillslopes11
Quantifying the effects of carborundum rock surface smoothing for Schmidt hammer R‐value metrics measured on glacial erratics in the North American Great Lakes region10
Source of the aeolian sediments in the Yarlung Tsangpo valley and its potential dust contribution to adjacent oceans10
Nearshore ice complex breakup is controlled by a balance between thermal and mechanical processes10
The influence of bedrock river morphology and alluvial cover on gravel entrainment. Part 2: Modelling critical shear stress10
Seismic and radon signatures: A multiparametric approach to monitor surface dynamics of a hazardous 2021 rock–ice avalanche, Chamoli Himalaya10
Influence of orographic precipitation on coevolving landforms and vegetation in semi‐arid ecosystems10
Assessing performance of a “nature‐based” foredune restoration project, Oceano Dunes, California, USA10
The morphology of fluvial‐tidal dunes: Lower Columbia River, Oregon/Washington, USA10
Topographic controls on ice flow and recession for Juneau Icefield (Alaska/British Columbia)10
Assessing the hydrological and geomorphic behaviour of a landscape evolution model within a limits‐of‐acceptability uncertainty analysis framework10
On the use of IMU (inertial measurement unit) sensors in geomorphology10
Do feral pigs increase soil erosion? A monsoonal northern Australia case study10
Determining pore size distribution in rocks using shear‐thinning fluids: Utilisation of the method in geomorphology10
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Biocrust as a surface protection of erodible nebkhas10
The role of bathymetry and directional wave conditions on observed crescentic bar dynamics10
Insights into permafrost aggradation and thawing: A case study of Zonag Lake on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau using SAR interferometry10
Inundation and flow properties of a runoff‐generated debris flow following successive high‐severity wildfires in northern Arizona, USA10
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Seasonal morphodynamics of multiple intertidal bars (MITBs) on a meso‐ to macrotidal beach9
Disentangling late quaternary fluvial and climatic drivers of palaeohydrological change in the Najaf Sea basin, Western Iraq9
A method for segmentation of pebble images in the presence of shadows9
Study of clay degradation in an earthslide combining OBIA and roughness analysis of UAV‐based optical images9
Deciphering seismic and normal‐force fluctuation signatures of debris flows: An experimental assessment of effects of flow composition and dynamics9
Effects of rainfall patterns, vegetation cover types and antecedent soil moisture on run‐off and soil loss of typical Luvisol in southern China9
The unrepeatable river: Exploring chaotic variability in laboratory channels9
Late Holocene rupture history of the Ash Hill fault, Eastern California Shear Zone, and the potential for seismogenic strain transfer between nearby faults9
The impact of lateral flow contraction on the rock plucking process under sub‐critical flow conditions9
115 years of sediment deposition in a reservoir in Central Europe: Effects of the industrial history and environmental protection on heavy metals and microplastic9
Channel‐reach morphology and landscape properties are linked across a large heterogeneous region9
Inbuilt age, residence time, and inherited age from radiocarbon dates of modern fires and late Holocene deposits, Western Transverse Ranges, California9
Hydrogeomorphology of the origin of the Amazon River, the confluence between the Marañón and Ucayali rivers9
Formation, mechanism and significance of alluvial‐dammed lakes in Golmud River catchment, north‐eastern Qinghai‐Tibetan Plateau9
Editorial 2025: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms—The 50th volume9
Sediment transport at the network scale and its link to channel morphology in the braided Vjosa River system9
Impacts of in‐stream aggregate mining on the distributary channels of the alluvial fans of Tafí valley (Northwest Argentina)9
Physical modelling of large wood (LW) processes relevant for river management: Perspectives from New Zealand and Switzerland9
Modelling seasonal variation of gully erosion at the catchment scale9
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Eemian landscape response to climatic shifts and evidence for northerly Neanderthal occupation at a palaeolake margin in northern Germany9
Relevance of field data in the assessment of structural and functional sediment connectivity in a small catchment of southern Brazilian plateau9
Soil erosion resistance of gully system under different plant communities on the Loess Plateau of China9
Empirical modeling of streambed hydraulic conductivity in ephemeral rivers: Insights from sediment characteristics in arid environments9
Inferring channel incision in gravel‐bed rivers: Integrating LiDAR data, historical aerial photographs and drone‐based SfM topo‐bathymetry9
Flood risk of embanked areas and potential use of dredge spoils as mitigation measures in the southwest region of the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna Delta, Bangladesh8
Observations and modeling of shear stress reduction and sediment flux within sparse dune grass canopies on managed coastal dunes8
New Zealand's braided rivers: The land the law forgot8
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Improving hydroacoustic methods for monitoring suspended‐sand flux and grain size in sediment‐laden rivers8
Understanding tectonics from fluvial topography by using the stochastic‐threshold incision model: Theory and application to the Dadu River basin, eastern Tibetan Plateau8
Proglacial lake evolution coincident with glacier dynamics in the frontal zone of Kvíárjökull, South‐East Iceland8
Coastal erosion and sediment reworking caused by hurricane Irma – implications for storm impact on low‐lying tropical islands8
Dynamics and internal structure of a rock glacier: Inferring relationships from the combined use of differential synthetic aperture radar interferometry, electrical resistivity tomography and ground‐p8
Engineering geomorphology: A novel professional profile to face applied challenges in earth surface dynamics in mid‐Europe8
Disintegration characteristics of sodic–saline loessial soil after freeze–thaw and wet–dry cycles8
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 geophysica8
Islands in the stream: Wood‐induced deposition and erosion in the river corridor8
Calibration and validation of the SSSPAM coupled soilscape–landform evolution model for simulating short‐term gully development on a post‐mining landform8
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The effects of cyanobacterial biofilms on water transport and retention of natural building stones8
Trends in post‐1950 riparian vegetation recovery in coastal catchments of NSW Australia: Implications for remote sensing analysis, forecasting and river management8
Assessment of a revised dust prediction model for Mildura, Australia8
Vegetation and channel adjustment trajectories in cold regions: The effects of ice disturbances in two Gaspesian rivers8
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Moisture patterns and fluxes in evolving tafoni developed in arkosic sandstone in temperate climate8
Quantifying the impacts of climate change and human activities on runoff and suspended sediment load in the Lhasa River Basin, Tibetan Plateau8
Pluri‐decadal evolution of rock glaciers surface velocity and its impact on sediment export rates towards high alpine torrents8
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The giant 1960 tsunami in the context of a 6000‐year record of paleotsunamis and coastal evolution in south‐central Chile8
Contemporary research in coastal dunes and aeolian processes8
Predicting soil erosion and sediment delivery in large, data‐sparse, mountainous basins8
Soil erosion and sediment transport in Tanzania: Part I – sediment source tracing in three neighbouring river catchments8
Cosmogenic 10Be‐ and 21Ne‐based model exposure ages of desert pavements in the Thar Desert, India8
Rapid riparian vegetation development and channel stabilization linked to glacier retreat within a large transboundary watershed8
Changes in shore platform wetting and drying cycles following the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake: Implications for incipient marine terrace evolution8
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Measuring the grain‐size distributions of mass movement deposits7
A geomorphic perspective on discharge–area relationships7
Downstream fining of fluvial gravels along the eastern Tibetan Plateau rivers7
The development of laterite weathering profiles as a function of rainfall and time: A geophysical approach7
Genesis of subglacial triangular‐shaped landforms (murtoos) formed by the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet7
Channel head response to anthropogenic landscape modification: A case study from the North Carolina Piedmont, USA, with implications for water quality7
Surface slip variability on strike‐slip faults7
Annual and decadal net morphological displacement of a small gravel‐bed channel7
Decadal‐scale impacts of changing mangrove extent on hydrodynamics and sediment transport in a quiescent, mesotidal estuary7
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Differences in sediment provenance from rainfall and snowmelt erosion in the Mollisol region of Northeast China7
Salt‐marsh retreat on different time scales: Issues and prospects from a 5‐year monitoring campaign in the Venice Lagoon7
Blowout dynamics in lime‐rich and lime‐poor coastal dunes in the Netherlands7
Structural control of bedrock river alignment and morphology in the Fraser Canyon, British Columbia, Canada7
Spatial and temporal controls on proglacial erosion rates: A comparison of four basins on Mount Rainier, 1960 to 20177
Geomorphic consequences of freshwater discharge and microbial mats in a macrotidal environment: The case of the beach of Dannes (northern France)7
Riverine aquatic plants trap propagules and fine sediment: Implications for ecosystem engineering and management under contrasting land uses7
Magnitude and timing of transient incision resulting from large‐scale drainage capture, Sutlej River, Northwest Himalaya7
Contrasting beach‐ridge systems in different types of coastal settings7
Morphotectonic forcing and anthropogenic impact behind a recently emerged relict island of the Brahmaputra River7
Fetch‐driven aeolian sediment transport on a sandy beach: A new study7
Direct measurement of the inertial drag and lift forces on entrained coarse particles at various protrusion heights7
Correction to A regime shift in sediment export from a coastal watershed during a record wet winter, California: Implications for landscape response to hydroclimatic extremes7
Equilibrium of morphological units in anabranching rivers7
Quantitative reconstruction of competing sources reveals spatial heterogeneity and complex aeolian–fluvial interactions in the Horqin Sandy Land, NE China7
Effects of unsteady characteristics of sediment‐laden overland flow on soil detachment rate7
Different styles of subglacial soft bed hydrology: Examples from Breiðamerkurjökull and Fjallsjökull, Iceland7
Timing, volume and precursory indicators of rock‐ and cliff fall on a permafrost mountain ridge (Mattertal, Switzerland)7
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Holocene hillslope evolution through extreme rainfall induced landslides in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Geochronology and paleoenvironmental evidence6
Climate‐change driven increased flood magnitudes and frequency in the British uplands: Geomorphologically informed scientific underpinning for upland flood‐risk management6
Mechanism of rainfall‐induced toppling in loess collapses6
Evaluation of multiple time scale rainfall erosivity models: A case study of subtropical regions in Central China6
Quantifying geomorphological evolution from 10Be denudation rates: Insights from high‐resolution depth profiles, topsoils, and stream sediments (Strengbach CZO, France)6
Geomorphological evolution in transitional environments on the eastern coast of Brazil6
Early detection of potential landslides along high‐speed railway lines: A pressing issue6
Post‐fire management effects on sediment (dis)connectivity in Mediterranean forest ecosystems: Channel and catchment response6
Driving mechanisms and hydro‐chemical variation for assessing salt‐induced weathering of sandstone in grotto relics6
River floodplains as source or sink for fine sediment and total phosphorus export in an agricultural watershed6
A framework for predicting abrasion rupture of crusts in wind erosion6
A Kalman filter‐Hungarian algorithm with a postprocessor for tracking aeolian saltating particle in high‐speed video6
Landscape evolution and sediment delivery in a High Arctic proglacial lake, Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago6
The grain size of sediments delivered to steep debris‐flow prone channels prior to and following wildfire6
Sediment and organic carbon discharges to the coastal oceans by badlands (English Channel, Normandy, France)6
Linking the explicit probability of entrainment of instrumented particles to flow hydrodynamics6
Tiny niche terrain induces gully headcut retreat6
Subglacial hydrology insights from eskers developed atop soft beds of the Laurentide ice sheet6
Modelling the impact of a dam‐break wave on a vertical wall6
River adjustments in response to human activities: A case study of the lower Beijiang River, China6
Spring erosional processes and small sapping valleys in southwestern lower Michigan, USA6
The influence of anthropogenic topographic changes on geomorphological processes in the city of Rome (Italy): A case study of the Malagrotta area6
Biogeomorphological inheritance: The legacy of past landforms constrains future tropical coastal landscapes6
Natural and anthropogenic controls on sediment rating curves in northern California coastal watersheds6
Soil erosion and sediment transport in Tanzania: Part II – sedimentological evidence of phased land degradation6
Assessing land use effects on ecohydrological partitioning in the critical zone through isotope‐aided modelling6
Numerical modelling of subglacial ribs, drumlins, herringbones, and mega‐scale glacial lineations reveals their developmental trajectories and transitions6
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