Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Papers
(The TQCC of Earth Surface Processes and Landforms is 6. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
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Simulation of the influence of physical crust development on the aerodynamic entrainment of sand particles on a sloping bed44
Geomorphological evidence for superimposed deformation in the southern Sichuan Basin, SW China: Implications for seismic hazards44
Structural shifts in plant functional diversity during biogeomorphic succession: Moving beyond taxonomic investigations in an alpine glacier foreland41
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Bedload tracing with RFID tags in gravel‐bed rivers: Review and meta‐analysis after 20 years of field and laboratory experiments30
Bedload infilling and depositional patterns in chute cutoffs channels of a gravel‐bed river: The Ain River, France29
Spatiotemporal changes of desertification areas in the Alxa Desert obtained from satellite imagery27
Remote detection of upland surface water storage capacity in deglaciated terrain26
Death of a palaeochannel: Slow abandonment of an avulsed channel on the Riverine Plains, SE Australia26
The formation and evolution of Al‐rich protoliths in the southern Ribeira belt, Brazil: Insights from remnants of a Precambrian paleoweathering surface25
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 Namibia25
Ecosystem engineering by periphyton in Alpine proglacial streams24
Post‐disturbance evolution of a prograded foredune barrier during a sustained dynamic restoration project—the role of wind speed, wind direction and vegetation24
Combining geophysical and geomorphological data to reconstruct the development of relief of a medieval castle site in the Spessart low mountain range, Germany23
The how, when, and why of an abandoned bedrock meander of the Colorado River, Utah (U.S.)23
The slow downwearing of Madagascar: Inferring patterns and controls on long‐term basin‐averaged erosion rates from in situ10Be at the catchment and regional level22
Strengths and weaknesses of acoustic pipe microphone systems in ephemeral, sandy, gravel‐bed rivers22
Multi‐annual variability of storm events and morphological response in the SW Iceland: The Valahnúkamöl boulder barrier21
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On a ~210 t Caribbean coastal boulder: The huracanolito seaward of the ruins of the Bucanero resort, Juragua, Oriente, Cuba21
Construction, destruction and fan‐river coupling dynamics during two consecutive debris flow events in an arid fluvial system20
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 oscillations20
Reconstructing active tectonics from land–sea correlations based on cross‐interpretation of core and seismic data for the Tyrrhenian coastal segment in southern Italy20
Confluence morphodynamics in mountain rivers in response to intense tributary bedload input20
Predicting sediment connectivity in a mountain basin: A quantitative analysis of the index of connectivity19
Unravelling fluvial versus glacial legacy controls on boulder‐bed river geomorphology for semi‐alluvial rivers in Fennoscandia19
‘Fluvial geomorphology and environmental design’: Restitution for damage, rehabilitation, restoration or rewilding?19
Catastrophic overwash and rapid retreat of a gravel barrier spit during storm events (Sillon de Talbert, North Brittany, France)19
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Variation in soil erosion rate under typical land uses and vertical zones in an agricultural catchment of the Daliangshan region, Southwest China18
The effects of wind‐generated currents on velocity asymmetry in tidal basins with varying geometries17
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Rates, factors, and tolerances of water erosion in the Cerrado biome (Brazil): A meta‐analysis of runoff plot data17
Debris‐flow fan development and geomorphic effects in alpine canyons under a changing climate17
Morphology, timing, and drivers of post‐glacial landslides in the northern Yellowstone region17
Utilizing geospatial tools for the assessment of river bank erosion and migration patterns in complex braided and meandering river systems17
Seasonal rotation of California pocket beaches17
River confinement and braiding loss in Canterbury region, Aotearoa New Zealand17
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 Himalaya17
Was the termination of the Jizera River meandering during the Late Holocene caused by anthropogenic or climatic forcing?16
Evaluation of the applicability of three sediment transport capacity equations on steep colluvial slopes and their modifications16
Provenance of Taklimakan Desert aeolian sediments based on rare earth elements signatures16
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 simulation16
Drainage development on the northern Tibetan Plateau controlled by the Altyn Tagh Fault: Insights from analogue modelling16
Recurrent debris flows and their downstream fate: Geomorphic drivers of an anomalous sediment load, Suiattle River, Washington State, USA15
Long‐term drivers of shoreline change over two centuries on a headland‐embayment beach15
The influence of bedrock river morphology and alluvial cover on gravel entrainment: Part 1. Pivot angles and surface roughness15
Simulation of loess gully evolution based on geographic cellular automata15
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Topographic perturbation of turbulent boundary layers by low‐angle, early‐stage aeolian dunes15
Evaluating success in a changing academic landscape15
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Coupled effects of heavy rainfall and falling water‐level exhibit the most significant influences on reservoir bank failures15
Observations of megacusp dynamics and their coupling with crescentic bars at an open, fetch‐limited beach15
Geomorphological evidence of the Malta‐Sicily land‐bridge during the Last Glacial Maximum inferred from seismic profiles15
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Hydrological and morphological responses in the São Francisco River Basin (Northeast Brazil) resulting from river damming and climate changes in a tropical region15
Contribution of bedrock structures to the bedrock surface topography and groundwater flow systems within deep glaciofluvial aquifers in Kurikka, Western Finland14
Impacts of raindrops increase particle sedimentation in a sheet flow14
Alluvial dynamics of a formerly glaciated Rocky Mountain headwater valley, Colorado14
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Assessing proxy methods for measuring bedrock erodibility in fluvial impact erosion14
Water‐induced disintegration behaviour of Malan loess14
Fluviomorphic trajectories for dryland ephemeral stream channels following extreme flash floods14
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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 model14
Disintegration characteristics of undisturbed loess in response to train vibration frequency14
The formation of fan‐deltas in mountain lakes: Findings from Zelené Kežmarské Lake (Slovakia)14
A pedagogy of fluvial geomorphology: Incorporating scaffolding and active learning into tertiary education courses14
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Lichen impact on sandstone hardness is species‐specific14
From glaciers to large rivers: Lessons and insights from long‐term bedload monitoring14
Multi‐decadal gravel beach dynamics in the United Kingdom and Ireland: Insights from satellite‐derived shorelines13
Legacy sediment: A conceptual model and perspective on the role of dams13
Major fluvial erosion and a 500‐Mt sediment pulse triggered by lava‐dam failure, Río Coca, Ecuador13
Iron pools of the typical loess–palaeosol sequence and their environmental significance in northeastern China13
Assessment of western Oregon debris‐flow hazards in burned and unburned environments13
Palimpsest subglacial meltwater corridors of the last cordilleran ice sheet: Geomorphology, stratigraphy and insights into subglacial meltwater dynamics during deglaciation13
VedgeSat: An automated, open‐source toolkit for coastal change monitoring using satellite‐derived vegetation edges13
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What type of gully is that? The need for a classification of gullies12
Comparison of creek and bay influences on salt marsh sediment budget and deposition patterns12
Current progress in quantifying and monitoring instream large wood supply and transfer in rivers12
Assessing ice sheet models against the landform record: The Likelihood of Accordant Lineations Analysis (LALA) tool12
Numerical modeling of groundwater‐driven stream network evolution in low‐relief post‐glacial landscapes12
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115 years of sediment deposition in a reservoir in Central Europe: Topographic change detection12
Seismic signatures of individual wave impacts on a coastal cliff12
The synergistic effect of soil and water conservation measures on sediment supply reduction in a typical basin on the Loess Plateau, China12
Spatial gradients in bank stability response in macrotidal environments: Inferences from the Severn estuary (UK)12
Sounding out the river: Seismic and hydroacoustic monitoring of bedload transport12
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Is a climate signal detectable using cosmogenic data and coarse‐resolution digital topography in fluvially dominated landscapes?12
Automated grain sizing from uncrewed aerial vehicles imagery of a gravel‐bed river: Benchmarking of three object‐based methods12
The heterogeneity of the hydromorphological responses of a stream to the urbanization of its basin12
Evaluating the morphodynamics of a spit complex (Punta Rasa, Argentina): Implications for mid‐term evolution of coastal plains12
Autonomous generation of alluvial fans in landscape evolution models12
The unrepeatable river: Exploring chaotic variability in laboratory channels11
Implications of a specific storm event for understanding adjustment of urban dryland channels11
Evolution of riparian vegetation in response to anthropogenic effects: The Taleqan River, Iran11
A rare piedmont glaciation in the Mediterranean: Insights from cosmogenic 36Cl dating of Davraz hummocky moraine field (SW Türkiye)11
Rock–water interaction, chemical weathering and solute transport of two rivers draining contrasting climate gradients in Western Ghats, India11
Editorial 2025: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms—The 50th volume11
Dos Lenguas rock glacier kinematics stable despite warming trend (2016–2024): Surface changes and the role of topography and climate in the Dry Andes of Argentina11
Carbon stocks in umbric ferralsols driven by plant productivity and geomorphic processes, not by mineral protection11
Runoff–sediment dynamics and degradation patterns in an abandoned terraced landscape on the Loess Plateau11
Evolution, sedimentation and thermal state of the emerging pro‐glacial lakes at Witenwasserengletscher, Switzerland11
Karst landform classification considering surface flow characteristics derived from digital elevation models11
Empirical modeling of streambed hydraulic conductivity in ephemeral rivers: Insights from sediment characteristics in arid environments11
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Comparability of multi‐temporal DTMs derived from different LiDAR platforms: Error sources and uncertainties in the application of geomorphic impact studies11
Development of ornamentation on ventifacts: An examination of flow and saltation kinematic mechanisms11
Detection of slow‐moving landslides through automated monitoring of surface deformation using Sentinel‐2 satellite imagery11
Topographic controls on ice flow and recession for Juneau Icefield (Alaska/British Columbia)11
Study of clay degradation in an earthslide combining OBIA and roughness analysis of UAV‐based optical images10
The role of bathymetry and directional wave conditions on observed crescentic bar dynamics10
Biocrust as a surface protection of erodible nebkhas10
Inferring channel incision in gravel‐bed rivers: Integrating LiDAR data, historical aerial photographs and drone‐based SfM topo‐bathymetry10
Reconstructing basal ice flow patterns of the Last Glacial Maximum Rhine glacier (northern Alpine foreland) based on streamlined subglacial landforms10
Effects of rainfall patterns, vegetation cover types and antecedent soil moisture on run‐off and soil loss of typical Luvisol in southern China10
The influence of bedrock river morphology and alluvial cover on gravel entrainment. Part 2: Modelling critical shear stress10
Do feral pigs increase soil erosion? A monsoonal northern Australia case study10
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
Hillslope grain size variation across evolving landscapes linked to climate, tectonics and lithology10
Nearshore ice complex breakup is controlled by a balance between thermal and mechanical processes10
Integrating geomorphic and tectonic signals: A multi‐parameter evaluation of active deformation in the Zanskar Shear Zone, Northwest Himalaya, India10
Increased asymmetry of pit‐over‐peak statistics with landscape smoothing10
Formation, development and movement of ords along the Holderness coast (UK): A comparison between 1994–1998 and 2010–2020 in response to changing morphodynamic and hydrodynamic conditions10
Relevance of field data in the assessment of structural and functional sediment connectivity in a small catchment of southern Brazilian plateau10
Channel adjustments over 50 years in response to climate change and human activities in the Parlung Zangbo River, Tibetan Plateau, China10
Determining pore size distribution in rocks using shear‐thinning fluids: Utilisation of the method in geomorphology10
Cosmogenic 10Be‐ and 21Ne‐based model exposure ages of desert pavements in the Thar Desert, India9
Source of the aeolian sediments in the Yarlung Tsangpo valley and its potential dust contribution to adjacent oceans9
Hydrogeomorphology of the origin of the Amazon River, the confluence between the Marañón and Ucayali rivers9
Insights into permafrost aggradation and thawing: A case study of Zonag Lake on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau using SAR interferometry9
Assessing performance of a “nature‐based” foredune restoration project, Oceano Dunes, California, USA9
Dynamic bedrock channel width during knickpoint retreat enhances undercutting of coupled hillslopes9
The giant 1960 tsunami in the context of a 6000‐year record of paleotsunamis and coastal evolution in south‐central Chile9
Calibration and validation of the SSSPAM coupled soilscape–landform evolution model for simulating short‐term gully development on a post‐mining landform9
Assessment of a revised dust prediction model for Mildura, Australia9
Influence of orographic precipitation on coevolving landforms and vegetation in semi‐arid ecosystems9
Holocene landslides in the Fraser Canyon Corridor and implications for ‘ecohazard’ assessment9
Soil erosion resistance of gully system under different plant communities on the Loess Plateau of China9
Instability mechanism and control measures of loess slope induced by heavy rainfall9
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Moisture patterns and fluxes in evolving tafoni developed in arkosic sandstone in temperate climate9
Inbuilt age, residence time, and inherited age from radiocarbon dates of modern fires and late Holocene deposits, Western Transverse Ranges, California9
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Inundation and flow properties of a runoff‐generated debris flow following successive high‐severity wildfires in northern Arizona, USA9
Detection of paraglacial sediment supply using detrital 10Be in postglacial landscapes of southwest British Columbia9
The morphology of fluvial‐tidal dunes: Lower Columbia River, Oregon/Washington, USA9
Seismic and radon signatures: A multiparametric approach to monitor surface dynamics of a hazardous 2021 rock–ice avalanche, Chamoli Himalaya9
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Rapid riparian vegetation development and channel stabilization linked to glacier retreat within a large transboundary watershed9
Quantifying the impacts of climate change and human activities on runoff and suspended sediment load in the Lhasa River Basin, Tibetan Plateau9
Blowout dynamics in lime‐rich and lime‐poor coastal dunes in the Netherlands8
Late Holocene rupture history of the Ash Hill fault, Eastern California Shear Zone, and the potential for seismogenic strain transfer between nearby faults8
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Correction to ‘A karst rather than periglacial origin for small enclosed depressions of the Landes Triangle, southwest France’8
Changes in shore platform wetting and drying cycles following the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake: Implications for incipient marine terrace evolution8
New Zealand's braided rivers: The land the law forgot8
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
Structural control of bedrock river alignment and morphology in the Fraser Canyon, British Columbia, Canada8
A geomorphic perspective on discharge–area relationships8
Coastal erosion and sediment reworking caused by hurricane Irma – implications for storm impact on low‐lying tropical islands8
Differences in sediment provenance from rainfall and snowmelt erosion in the Mollisol region of Northeast China8
115 years of sediment deposition in a reservoir in Central Europe: Effects of the industrial history and environmental protection on heavy metals and microplastic8
Understanding tectonics from fluvial topography by using the stochastic‐threshold incision model: Theory and application to the Dadu River basin, eastern Tibetan Plateau8
Predicting soil erosion and sediment delivery in large, data‐sparse, mountainous basins8
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Disentangling late quaternary fluvial and climatic drivers of palaeohydrological change in the Najaf Sea basin, Western Iraq8
Seasonal morphodynamics of multiple intertidal bars (MITBs) on a meso‐ to macrotidal beach8
Improving hydroacoustic methods for monitoring suspended‐sand flux and grain size in sediment‐laden rivers8
Controlling effect of sliding zone soil on rainfall‐triggered colluvial landslide in Qinling‐Bashan Mountains – A typical case study8
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
Channel head response to anthropogenic landscape modification: A case study from the North Carolina Piedmont, USA, with implications for water quality8
Proglacial lake evolution coincident with glacier dynamics in the frontal zone of Kvíárjökull, South‐East Iceland8
The development of laterite weathering profiles as a function of rainfall and time: A geophysical approach8
Trends in post‐1950 riparian vegetation recovery in coastal catchments of NSW Australia: Implications for remote sensing analysis, forecasting and river management8
Biogeomorphic assessment of natural streambank structures in the Alps: A step to improve soil and water bioengineering techniques8
Modelling seasonal variation of gully erosion at the catchment scale8
Pluri‐decadal evolution of rock glaciers surface velocity and its impact on sediment export rates towards high alpine torrents8
Channel‐reach morphology and landscape properties are linked across a large heterogeneous region8
Correction to A regime shift in sediment export from a coastal watershed during a record wet winter, California: Implications for landscape response to hydroclimatic extremes8
Vegetation and channel adjustment trajectories in cold regions: The effects of ice disturbances in two Gaspesian rivers8
Long‐term geomorphic response of a southwestern USA river following establishment and removal of an invasive riparian tree8
A method for segmentation of pebble images in the presence of shadows8
The effects of cyanobacterial biofilms on water transport and retention of natural building stones8
Islands in the stream: Wood‐induced deposition and erosion in the river corridor8
Disintegration characteristics of sodic–saline loessial soil after freeze–thaw and wet–dry cycles8
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Genesis of subglacial triangular‐shaped landforms (murtoos) formed by the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet7
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A framework to facilitate development and testing of image‐based river velocimetry algorithms7
Morphotectonic forcing and anthropogenic impact behind a recently emerged relict island of the Brahmaputra River7
The grain size of sediments delivered to steep debris‐flow prone channels prior to and following wildfire7
Decadal‐scale impacts of changing mangrove extent on hydrodynamics and sediment transport in a quiescent, mesotidal estuary7
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Timing, volume and precursory indicators of rock‐ and cliff fall on a permafrost mountain ridge (Mattertal, Switzerland)7
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Quantitative reconstruction of competing sources reveals spatial heterogeneity and complex aeolian–fluvial interactions in the Horqin Sandy Land, NE China7
Fetch‐driven aeolian sediment transport on a sandy beach: A new study7
Flood risk of embanked areas and potential use of dredge spoils as mitigation measures in the southwest region of the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna Delta, Bangladesh7
Effects of unsteady characteristics of sediment‐laden overland flow on soil detachment rate7
PS‐InSAR post‐processing for assessing the spatio‐temporal differential kinematics of complex landslide systems: A case study of DeBeque Canyon Landslide (Colorado, USA)7
Riverine aquatic plants trap propagules and fine sediment: Implications for ecosystem engineering and management under contrasting land uses7
The geomorphological record of an ice stream to ice shelf transition in Northeast Greenland7
Evaluation of multiple time scale rainfall erosivity models: A case study of subtropical regions in Central China7
Measuring the grain‐size distributions of mass movement deposits7
Observing the mass balance and emergence velocity of a temperate glacier on Mt. Yulong, southeastern Tibetan Plateau7
Spatial and temporal controls on proglacial erosion rates: A comparison of four basins on Mount Rainier, 1960 to 20177
Sediment and organic carbon discharges to the coastal oceans by badlands (English Channel, Normandy, France)7
Different styles of subglacial soft bed hydrology: Examples from Breiðamerkurjökull and Fjallsjökull, Iceland7
Contemporary research in coastal dunes and aeolian processes7
Geomorphic consequences of freshwater discharge and microbial mats in a macrotidal environment: The case of the beach of Dannes (northern France)7
Observations and modeling of shear stress reduction and sediment flux within sparse dune grass canopies on managed coastal dunes7
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Variance‐based shoreline extraction from nearshore video monitoring systems7
Landscape evolution and sediment delivery in a High Arctic proglacial lake, Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago7
Wind flow dynamics and sand deposition behind excavated foredune notches on developed coasts7
The influence of anthropogenic topographic changes on geomorphological processes in the city of Rome (Italy): A case study of the Malagrotta area7
Downstream fining of fluvial gravels along the eastern Tibetan Plateau rivers7
Salt‐marsh retreat on different time scales: Issues and prospects from a 5‐year monitoring campaign in the Venice Lagoon7
Uncovering fine‐scale surface flow dynamics with particle tracking velocimetry: A new benchmark for soil erosion modelling7
Equilibrium of morphological units in anabranching rivers7
Advancing gully initiation modelling by means of a Curve Number (CN) method: A way forward?7
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Soil erosion estimation in a catchment with implemented soil and water conservation measures6
Holocene hillslope evolution through extreme rainfall induced landslides in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Geochronology and paleoenvironmental evidence6
Tiny niche terrain induces gully headcut retreat6
Using music and music‐based analysis to model and to classify terrain in geomorphology6
Deglaciation history and subsequent lake dynamics in the Siljan region, south‐central Sweden, based on new LiDAR evidence and sediment records6
A novel approach for the computation of soil slope stability in distributed hydrologic applications6
Cooling glaciers in a warming climate since the Little Ice Age at Qaanaaq, northwest Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)6
Investigating palaeodune orientations and contemporary wind regimes in Southeast Kazakhstan using a semi‐automated mapping framework6
Mechanism of rainfall‐induced toppling in loess collapses6
Driving mechanisms and hydro‐chemical variation for assessing salt‐induced weathering of sandstone in grotto relics6
Early detection of potential landslides along high‐speed railway lines: A pressing issue6
The use of continuous sediment‐transport measurements to improve sand‐load estimates in a large sand‐bedded river: The lower Chippewa River, Wisconsin6
Cross‐divide difference in channel‐head steady‐state elevation controls drainage‐divide migration6
Assessing land use effects on ecohydrological partitioning in the critical zone through isotope‐aided modelling6
River adjustments in response to human activities: A case study of the lower Beijiang River, China6
Assessment of suspended sediment export and dynamics using in‐line turbidity sensors and time series statistical models6
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