Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Papers
(The TQCC of Earth Surface Processes and Landforms is 7. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Mitigating systematic error in topographic models for geomorphic change detection: accuracy, precision and considerations beyond off‐nadir imagery67
Runoff‐generated debris flows: Observation of initiation conditions and erosion–deposition dynamics along the channel at Cancia (eastern Italian Alps)62
Gully prevention and control: Techniques, failures and effectiveness41
Pronounced increase in slope instability linked to global warming: A case study from the eastern European Alps40
A review of the magnitude and response times for sediment yield reductions following the rehabilitation of gullied landscapes39
Processes at the margins of supraglacial debris cover: Quantifying dirty ice ablation and debris redistribution33
The sources and seasonal fluxes of particulate organic carbon in the Yellow River32
Insects as zoogeomorphic agents: an extended review32
Deep learning for dune pattern mapping with the AW3D30 global surface model32
What is wrong with post‐fire soil erosion modelling? A meta‐analysis on current approaches, research gaps, and future directions31
Geomorphological evolution of a debris‐covered glacier surface30
Chronology and sediment provenance of extreme floods of Siang River (Tsangpo‐Brahmaputra River valley), northeast Himalaya30
Porosity problems: Comparing and reviewing methods for estimating porosity and volume of wood jams in the field30
Reducing systematic dome errors in digital elevation models through better UAV flight design30
UAV‐based training for fully fuzzy classification of Sentinel‐2 fluvial scenes28
Impact of the Three Gorges Dam on riverbed scour and siltation of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River27
Predicting gully densities at sub‐continental scales: a case study for the Horn of Africa27
Sand spit dynamics in a large tidal‐range environment: Insight from multiple LiDAR, UAV and hydrodynamic measurements on multiple spit hook development, breaching, reconstruction, and shoreline change26
What type of gully is that? The need for a classification of gullies25
Emergent characteristics of rockfall inventories captured at a regional scale24
Geomorphic connectivity and its application for understanding landscape complexities: a focus on the hydro‐geomorphic systems of India24
Formation and dynamics of vegetated fluvial landforms follow the biogeomorphological succession model in a channelized river24
Relating the depth of the water table to the depth of weathering23
Assemblages of geomorphic units: A building block approach to analysis and interpretation of river character, behaviour, condition and recovery23
Rapid decrease of soil erosion rates with soil formation and vegetation development in periglacial areas23
Talus slope geomorphology investigated at multiple time scales from high‐resolution topographic surveys and historical aerial photographs (Sanetsch Pass, Switzerland)22
Sediment flux‐driven channel geometry adjustment of bedrock and mixed gravel–bedrock rivers21
Estimation of initiation thresholds and soil loss from gully erosion on unpaved roads on China's Loess Plateau21
Resistance of salt marsh substrates to near‐instantaneous hydrodynamic forcing21
Laboratory simulation of salt weathering under moderate ageing conditions: Implications for the deterioration of sandstone heritage in temperate climates21
How far have management practices come in ‘working with the river’?20
Biogeomorphology, quo vadis? On processes, time, and space in biogeomorphology20
Mapping rainstorm erosion associated with an individual storm from InSAR coherence loss validated by field evidence for the Atacama Desert20
A new algorithm for estimating ground elevation and vegetation characteristics in coastal salt marshes from high‐resolution UAV‐based LiDAR point clouds19
Peripheral gully and landslide erosion on an extreme anthropogenic landscape produced by mountaintop removal coal mining18
Inventory and evolution of glacial lakes since the Little Ice Age: Lessons from the case of Switzerland18
Erosion, transport and deposition of a sediment replenishment under flood conditions18
When do rock glacier fronts fail? Insights from two case studies in South Tyrol (Italian Alps)18
Strong slope‐aspect control of regolith thickness by bedrock foliation17
Regional debris‐flow and debris‐flood frequency–magnitude relationships17
Numerical modelling shows an old check‐dam still attenuates flooding and sediment transport17
Structure‐from‐motion photogrammetry analysis of historical aerial photography: Determining beach volumetric change over decadal scales17
Field and flume measurements with the impact plate: Effect of bedload grain‐size distribution on signal response17
The potential of portable luminescence readers in geomorphological investigations: a review17
Influence of orographic precipitation on coevolving landforms and vegetation in semi‐arid ecosystems16
Benthic species as mud patrol ‐ modelled effects of bioturbators and biofilms on large‐scale estuarine mud and morphology16
Modelling the risk of deterioration at earthen heritage sites in drylands16
Measurements and calculations of seasonal evaporation rate from bare sandstone surfaces: Implications for rock weathering16
Fluvial palaeohydrology in the 21st century and beyond16
Drag variations, tidal asymmetry and tidal range changes in a mangrove creek system16
Logjams as a driver of transient storage in a mountain stream16
Video‐monitoring of wood discharge: first inter‐basin comparison and recommendations to install video cameras16
Evolution of debris cover on glaciers of the Eastern Alps, Austria, between 1996 and 201516
Basin‐wide hydromorphological analysis of ephemeral streams using machine learning algorithms16
Significance of boulder shape, shoreline configuration and pre‐transport setting for the transport of boulders by tsunamis16
Flooding duration and volume more important than peak discharge in explaining 18 years of gravel–cobble river change16
Use of terrestrial photosieving and airborne topographic LiDAR to assess bed grain size in large rivers: a study on the Rhine River16
Interrelations between relief, vegetation, disturbances, and permafrost in the forest‐steppe of central Mongolia16
Large wood load fluctuations in an Andean basin15
Comparing single‐phase, non‐Newtonian approaches with experimental results: Validating flume‐scale mud and debris flow in HEC‐RAS15
Rehabilitation effects on gully sediment yields and vegetation in a savanna rangeland15
Evaluation of machine learning algorithms to classify and map landforms in Antarctica15
Coarse sediment supply sets the slope of bedrock channels in rapidly uplifting terrain: Field and topographic evidence from eastern Taiwan15
Planform‐asymmetry and backwater effects on river‐cutoff kinematics and clustering15
Enhanced hysteresis of suspended sediment transport in response to upstream damming: An example of the middle Yangtze River downstream of the Three Gorges Dam15
Effect of vegetation cover and sediment type on 3D subsurface structure and shear strength in saltmarshes15
Deciphering seismic and normal‐force fluctuation signatures of debris flows: An experimental assessment of effects of flow composition and dynamics15
Hydro‐morphological mapping of river reaches using videos captured with UAS15
Restoring a glacier‐fed river: Past and present morphodynamics of a degraded channel in the Italian Alps15
Predicting sediment connectivity in a mountain basin: A quantitative analysis of the index of connectivity15
Variability in infragravity wave processes during estuary artificial entrance openings14
Effect of subsurface water level on gully headcut retreat in tropical highlands of Ethiopia14
Impact of climate on landscape form, sediment transfer and the sedimentary record14
From straight to deeply incised meandering channels: Slope impact on sinuosity of confined streams14
Multi‐decadal changes in the relationships between rainfall characteristics and debris‐flow occurrences in response to gully evolution after the 1990–1995 Mount Unzen eruptions14
Long‐term impact of the proglacial lake Jökulsárlón on the flow velocity and stability of Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, Iceland14
Physical modelling of large wood (LW) processes relevant for river management: Perspectives from New Zealand and Switzerland14
Review and direct evidence of transgressive aeolian sand sheet and dunefield initiation14
Wood retention at inclined racks: Effects on flow and local bedload processes14
Signal crayfish burrowing, bank retreat and sediment supply to rivers: A biophysical sediment budget14
A historical review of sediment export–import shift in the North Branch of Changjiang Estuary13
Surface velocity fields of active rock glaciers and ice‐debris complexes in the Central Andes of Argentina13
Quantifying sediment connectivity: Moving toward a holistic assessment through a mixed methods approach13
Mechanisms for avulsion on alluvial fans: Insights from high‐frequency topographic data13
Comparison of the return period for landslide‐triggering rainfall events in Japan based on standardization of the rainfall period13
Anthropogenic relief changes in a long‐lasting lignite mining area (‘Ville’, Germany) derived from historic maps and digital elevation models13
Drivers of variability in large wood loads along the fluvial continuum of a Mediterranean intermittent river13
Preserved landscapes underneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet reveal the geomorphological history of Jutulstraumen Basin13
Biotic and abiotic factors governing dune response to storm events13
Biogeomorphology in the marine landscape: Modelling the feedbacks between patches of the polychaete worm Lanice conchilega and tidal sand waves13
Quantification of biogeomorphic interactions between small‐scale sediment transport and primary vegetation succession on proglacial slopes of the Gepatschferner, Austria13
Effect of offshore waves and vegetation on the sediment budget in the Virginia Coast Reserve (VA)13
Sediment transport at the network scale and its link to channel morphology in the braided Vjosa River system13
Evaluating the performance of topobathymetric LiDAR to support multi‐dimensional flow modelling in a gravel‐bed mountain stream13
Influence of topographic, geomorphic, and hydrologic variables on beaver dam height and persistence in the intermountain western United States13
Response of transient rock uplift and base level knickpoints to erosional efficiency contrasts in bedrock streams12
Width control on event‐scale deposition and evacuation of sediment in bedrock‐confined channels12
Process inference from topographic fractal characteristics in the tectonically active Northwest Himalaya, India12
Data‐driven modelling of joint debris flow release susceptibility and connectivity12
Comparing geomorphological maps made manually and by deep learning12
Dynamic flood topographies in the Terai region of Nepal12
Spatio‐temporal assessment of the hydrological drivers of an active deep‐seated gravitational slope deformation: The Vögelsberg landslide in Tyrol (Austria)12
Natural levee evolution in vegetated fluvial‐tidal environments12
Morphodynamic research challenges for braided river environments: Lessons from the iconic case of New Zealand12
An automated procedure to calculate the morphological parameters of superimposed rhythmic bedforms12
Estimating the timescale of fluvial response to anthropogenic disturbance using two generations of dams on the South River, Massachusetts, USA12
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 geophysica12
Holocene climate forcings and lacustrine regime shifts in the Indian summer monsoon realm12
First interactions with the hydrologic cycle determine pyrogenic carbon's fate in the Earth system12
Salt weathering of sandstone under dehydration and moisture absorption cycles: An experimental study on the sandstone from Dazu rock carvings12
Sediment detachment in piping‐prone soils: Cohesion sources and potential weakening mechanisms12
Topographic thresholds for gully head formation in badlands12
On the small‐scale fractal geometrical structure of a living coral reef barrier12
Mapping riverbed sediment size from Sentinel‐2 satellite data12
Impact of upstream reservoirs on geomorphic evolution in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River12
Optimization of UAVs‐SfM data collection in aeolian landform morphodynamics: a case study from the Gonghe Basin, China12
Long‐term spatiotemporal variability in the surface velocity of Eastern Himalayan glaciers, India12
Relative quantification of wind erosion in argan woodlands in the Souss Basin, Morocco11
SfM‐MVS Photogrammetry for Splash Erosion Monitoring under Natural Rainfall11
Fetch and distance from the bay control accretion and erosion patterns in Terrebonne marshes (Louisiana, USA)11
Morphology of estuarine bedforms, Weser Estuary, Germany11
A comparison of hillslope drainage area estimation methods using high‐resolution DEMs with implications for topographic studies of gullies11
Wave direction shift triggered severe erosion of beaches in estuaries and bays with limited post‐storm recovery11
High‐resolution fjord sediment record of a receding glacier with growing intermediate proglacial lake (Steffen Fjord, Chilean Patagonia)11
A catastrophic flowslide that overrides a liquefied substrate: the 1983 Saleshan landslide in China11
Quantifying the spatial distribution of sediment transport in an experimental gully system using the morphological method11
Spatio‐temporal reconstruction of avulsion history at the terminus of a modern dryland river system11
Morphology and evolution of supraglacial hummocks on debris‐covered Himalayan glaciers11
Assessment of calanchi and rill–interrill erosion susceptibilities using terrain analysis and geostochastics: A case study in the Oltrepo Pavese, Northern Apennines, Italy11
Dating of rockfall damage in trees yields insights into meteorological triggers of process activity in the French Alps11
Rill network development on loessial hillslopes in China11
The spatial distribution of sedimentary compounds and their environmental implications in surface sediments of Lake Khar Nuur (Mongolian Altai)11
Sediment‐ecological connectivity in a large river network11
Adjustment of self‐formed bankfull channel geometry of meandering rivers: modelling study11
Seven decades of hydrogeomorphological changes in a near‐natural (Sense River) and a hydropower‐regulated (Sarine River) pre‐Alpine river floodplain in Western Switzerland11
Modelling localized sources of sediment in mountain catchments for provenance studies11
Geomorphology of the fluvial–estuarine transition zone, lower Neuse River, North Carolina11
The control of wind strength on the barchan to parabolic dune transition11
Detecting multi‐scale riverine topographic variability and its influence on Chinook salmon habitat selection11
Geomorphological evolution and sediment stratigraphy of numerically simulated alluvial fans10
Response of the gravel–sand transition in the Yangtze River to hydrological and sediment regime changes after upstream damming10
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‐10
Equality, diversity, inclusion: ensuring a resilient future for geomorphology10
Late Quaternary drainage reorganization assisted by surface faulting: The example of the Katrol Hill Fault zone, Kachchh, western India10
Lake–mire ecosystem transformation and its possible forcing mechanisms in volcanic landform regions: a case study in the Gushantun peatland of northeast China10
Monitoring soil erosion on agricultural land: results and implications for the Rother valley, West Sussex, UK10
The influence of channel morphology on bedload path lengths: Insights from a survival process model10
Badass gully morphodynamics and sediment generation in Waipaoa Catchment, New Zealand10
Morphological evolution of a barchan dune migrating past an offshore wind farm foundation10
Bayesian geomorphology10
Intersecting views of gully erosion in South Africa10
Late Holocene flood magnitudes in the Lower Rhine river valley and upper delta resolved by a two‐dimensional hydraulic modelling approach10
Exploring new methods to analyse spatial impact distributions on debris‐flow fans using data from south‐western British Columbia10
Using visibility analysis to improve point density and processing time of SfM‐MVS techniques for 3D reconstruction of landforms10
Understanding historical coastal spit evolution: A case study from Spurn, East Yorkshire, UK10
Soil erosion and sediment transport in Tanzania: Part I – sediment source tracing in three neighbouring river catchments10
Coastal erosion and sediment reworking caused by hurricane Irma – implications for storm impact on low‐lying tropical islands10
CFD simulations of wind flow across scarped foredunes: Implications for sediment pathways and beach–dune recovery after storms10
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
Linking the explicit probability of entrainment of instrumented particles to flow hydrodynamics10
Geomorphology and climate interact to control organic carbon stock and age in mountain river valley bottoms10
Controls on the development of continuous gullies: A 60 year monitoring study in the Moldavian Plateau of Romania10
Measuring the grain‐size distributions of mass movement deposits10
Quantifying the influence of rainfall, vegetation and animals on soil erosion and hillslope connectivity in the monsoonal tropics of northern Australia9
Rapid tidal marsh development in anthropogenic backwaters9
The active layer in gravel‐bed rivers: An empirical appraisal9
Controls on large boulder mobility in an ‘auto‐naturalized’ constructed step‐pool river: San Clemente Reroute and Dam Removal Project, Carmel River, California, USA9
Long‐term large wood load fluctuations in two low‐order streams in Southern Chile9
Landslide susceptibility analysis based on citizen reports9
Post‐fire management effects on sediment (dis)connectivity in Mediterranean forest ecosystems: Channel and catchment response9
Development of a geomorphic monitoring strategy for stage 0 restoration in the South Fork McKenzie River, Oregon, USA9
Timing, volume and precursory indicators of rock‐ and cliff fall on a permafrost mountain ridge (Mattertal, Switzerland)9
Quantification of permafrost creep provides kinematic evidence for classifying a puzzling periglacial landform9
Air flow and sediment transport dynamics on a foredune with contrasting vegetation cover9
Changes in shore platform wetting and drying cycles following the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake: Implications for incipient marine terrace evolution9
Factors that contribute to the elongation of drumlins beneath the Green Bay Lobe, Laurentide Ice Sheet9
Monitoring coastal morphology: the potential of low‐cost fixed array action cameras for 3D reconstruction9
Reassessing southern African silcrete geochemistry: implications for silcrete origin and sourcing of silcrete artefacts9
Illuminating past river incision, sediment source and pathways using luminescence signals of individual feldspar grains (Rangitikei River, New Zealand)9
The effects of longitudinal variations in valley geometry and wood load on flood response9
Mediterranean badlands: Their driving processes and climate change futures9
Salt‐marsh retreat on different time scales: Issues and prospects from a 5‐year monitoring campaign in the Venice Lagoon9
Evaluating indicators of marsh vulnerability to sea level rise along a historical marsh loss gradient9
Predicting gully erosion using landform evolution models: Insights from mining landforms9
Reach‐scale bankfull channel types can exist independently of catchment hydrology9
Flood‐duration‐integrated stream power and frequency magnitude of >50‐year‐long sediment discharge out of a hyperarid watershed9
Significantly enhanced mid Holocene fluvial activity in a globally important, arid‐zone wetland: The Okavango Delta, Botswana9
On the predictive skill of morphodynamic models for onshore sandbar migration9
Observations of the incipient and penultimate stages of Holocene marine terrace development9
Quantitative reconstruction of Holocene sediment sources contributing to the central Jiangsu coast, China: New insights into source‐to‐sink processes8
‘Fluvial geomorphology and environmental design’: Restitution for damage, rehabilitation, restoration or rewilding?8
Inversion of provenance data and sediment load into spatially varying erosion rates8
Modelling future lahars controlled by different volcanic eruption scenarios at Cotopaxi (Ecuador) calibrated with the massively destructive 1877 lahar8
Coupling of tectonic factors and precipitation variability as a driver of Late Quaternary aggradation in Northeast Brazil8
Application of globally available, coarse‐resolution digital elevation models for delineating valley bottom segments of varying length across a catchment8
Assessing performance of a “nature‐based” foredune restoration project, Oceano Dunes, California, USA8
A seismic monitoring approach to detect and quantify river sediment mobilization by steelhead redd‐building activity8
Geomorphic response to historic and ongoing human impacts in a large lowland river8
Natural and anthropogenic controls on sediment rating curves in northern California coastal watersheds8
Contrasting beach‐ridge systems in different types of coastal settings8
Past, present and future of a meandering river in the Bolivian Amazon basin8
Disturbance and valley confinement: Controls on floodplain large wood and organic matter jam deposition in the Colorado Front Range, USA8
Measuring channel planform change from image time series: A generalizable, spatially distributed, probabilistic method for quantifying uncertainty8
Spatial and temporal controls on proglacial erosion rates: A comparison of four basins on Mount Rainier, 1960 to 20178
Modelling seasonal variation of gully erosion at the catchment scale8
Morpho‐sedimentary evolution of a microtidal meandering channel driven by 130 years of natural and anthropogenic modifications of the Venice Lagoon (Italy)8
Channel response to a dam‐removal sediment pulse captured at high‐temporal resolution using routine gage data8
Large‐scale turbulent mixing at a mesoscale confluence assessed through drone imagery and eddy‐resolved modelling8
Video monitoring of in‐channel wood: From flux characterization and prediction to recommendations to equip stations8
Observations on decadal sandbar behaviour along a large‐scale curved shoreline8
Repeated high flows drive morphological change in rivers in recently deglaciated catchments8
The impact of different rainfall products on landscape modelling simulations8
Riparian shading mitigates warming but cannot revert thermal alteration by impoundments in lowland rivers8
Late Quaternary terrace formation from knickpoint propagation in the headwaters of the Yellow River, NE Tibetan Plateau8
Simulation of aerodynamic entrainment with interparticle cohesions based on discrete element method8
How debris‐flow composition affects bed erosion quantity and mechanisms: An experimental assessment8
Monitoring soil surface roughness under growing winter wheat with low‐altitude UAV sensing: Potential and limitations8
Three‐dimensional antidunes coexisting with alternate bars8
Effects of sediment grain size and channel slope on the stability of river bifurcations8
Source of the aeolian sediments in the Yarlung Tsangpo valley and its potential dust contribution to adjacent oceans8
Perspectives on being a field‐based geomorphologist during pregnancy and early motherhood8
Sinkhole subsidence monitoring combining terrestrial laser scanner and high‐precision levelling8
Flank margin caves can connect to regionally extensive touching vug networks before burial: Implications for cave formation and fluid flow8
Morphodynamic effects of vegetation life stage on experimental meandering channels8
In‐situ measurement of grain size characteristics within the aeolian saltation layer on a coastal beach8
Coastal honeycombs (Tuscany, Italy): Moisture distribution, evaporation rate, tensile strength, and origin7
Late Quaternary landscape evolution and paleoenvironmental implications from multiple geomorphic dryland systems, Orog Nuur Basin, Mongolia7
Relating millimeter‐scale turbulence to meter‐scale subtidal erosion and accretion across the fringe of a coastal mangrove forest7
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 Botswana7
Changes in the vegetation cover of transgressive dune fields: A case study in Cape Woolamai, Victoria7
Robust methods for the decomposition and interpretation of compound dunes applied to a complex hydromorphological setting7
The effect of long‐term aerial exposure on intertidal mudflat erodibility7
Geomorphic covariance structure of a confined mountain river reveals landform organization stage threshold7
Geomorphological evidence of paleoseismicity: Surficial and underground structures of Pasmajärvi postglacial fault7
A systematic approach and software for the analysis of point patterns on river networks7
Surface cracks—geomorphological indicators for late Quaternary halotectonic movements in Northern Germany7
Morphodynamics of a meandering channel over decadal timescales in response to hydrological variations7
Mapping potential surface ponding in agriculture using UAV‐SfM7
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 7
Seismic constraints on rock damaging related to a failing mountain peak: the Hochvogel, Allgäu7
Fluvial transport of coarse particulate organic matter in a coastal mountain stream of a rainy‐temperate evergreen broadleaf forest in southern Chile7
Splash detachment of sand particles under varying contact stress field of wind‐driven raindrop impact7
UAV RGB, thermal infrared and multispectral imagery used to investigate the control of terrain on the spatial distribution of dryland biocrust7
Lateral bedrock erosion and valley formation in a heterogeneously layered landscape, Northeast Kansas7
Influence of physical crust cover on the wind erodibility of soils in the inland Pacific Northwest, USA7
Novel sediment sampling method provides new insights into vertical grain size variability due to marine and aeolian beach processes7
Field tests of an improved sediment tracer including non‐intrusive measurement of burial depth7
Soil erosion and sediment transport in Tanzania: Part II – sedimentological evidence of phased land degradation7
Climate‐change driven increased flood magnitudes and frequency in the British uplands: Geomorphologically informed scientific underpinning for upland flood‐risk management7
Debris cover on thaw slumps and its insulative role in a warming climate7
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