Articles | Volume 10, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-833-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-833-2022
Short communication
 | 
11 Aug 2022
Short communication |  | 11 Aug 2022

Short communication: Forward and inverse analytic models relating river long profile to tectonic uplift history, assuming a nonlinear slope–erosion dependency

Yizhou Wang, Liran Goren, Dewen Zheng, and Huiping Zhang

Related authors

Time-varying drainage basin development and erosion on volcanic edifices
Daniel O'Hara, Liran Goren, Roos M. J. van Wees, Benjamin Campforts, Pablo Grosse, Pierre Lahitte, Gabor Kereszturi, and Matthieu Kervyn
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1921,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1921, 2023
Short summary
Drainage reorganization induces deviations in the scaling between valley width and drainage area
Elhanan Harel, Liran Goren, Onn Crouvi, Hanan Ginat, and Eitan Shelef
Earth Surf. Dynam., 10, 875–894, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-875-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-875-2022, 2022
Short summary
Rapid Holocene bedrock canyon incision of Beida River, North Qilian Shan, China
Yiran Wang, Michael E. Oskin, Youli Li, and Huiping Zhang
Earth Surf. Dynam., 10, 191–208, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-191-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-191-2022, 2022
Short summary
The rate and extent of wind-gap migration regulated by tributary confluences and avulsions
Eitan Shelef and Liran Goren
Earth Surf. Dynam., 9, 687–700, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-687-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-687-2021, 2021
Short summary

Related subject area

Physical: Geomorphology (including all aspects of fluvial, coastal, aeolian, hillslope and glacial geomorphology)
Ice-buttressing-controlled rock slope failure on a cirque headwall, Lake District, UK
Paul A. Carling, John D. Jansen, Teng Su, Jane Lund Andersen, and Mads Faurschou Knudsen
Earth Surf. Dynam., 11, 817–833, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-817-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-817-2023, 2023
Short summary
The probabilistic nature of dune collisions in 2D
Paul A. Jarvis, Clement Narteau, Olivier Rozier, and Nathalie M. Vriend
Earth Surf. Dynam., 11, 803–815, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-803-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-803-2023, 2023
Short summary
Shape still matters: rockfall interactions with trees and deadwood in a mountain forest uncover a new facet of rock shape dependency
Adrian Ringenbach, Peter Bebi, Perry Bartelt, Andreas Rigling, Marc Christen, Yves Bühler, Andreas Stoffel, and Andrin Caviezel
Earth Surf. Dynam., 11, 779–801, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-779-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-779-2023, 2023
Short summary
Earthquake contributions to coastal cliff retreat
Colin K. Bloom, Corinne Singeisen, Timothy Stahl, Andrew Howell, and Chris Massey
Earth Surf. Dynam., 11, 757–778, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-757-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-757-2023, 2023
Short summary
Morphologic and morphometric differences between gullies formed in different substrates on Mars: new insights into the gully formation processes
Rishitosh K. Sinha, Dwijesh Ray, Tjalling De Haas, Susan J. Conway, and Axel Noblet
Earth Surf. Dynam., 11, 713–730, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-713-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-713-2023, 2023
Short summary

Cited articles

Adams, B. A., Whipple, K. X., Forte, A. M., Heimsath, A. M., and Hodges, K. V.: Climate controls on erosion in tectonically active landscapes, Sci. Adv., 6, eaaz3166, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz3166, 2020. 
Akaike, H.: A new look at the statistical model identification, IEEE Trans. Autom. Control, 19, 716–723, https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.1974.1100705, 1974. 
Anthony, D. M. and Granger, D. E.: An empirical stream power formulation for knickpoint retreat in Appalachian Plateau fluviokarst, J. Hydrol., 343, 117–126, 2007. 
Berlin, M. M. and Anderson, R. S.: Modeling of knickpoint retreat on the Roan Plateau, western Colorado, J. Geophys. Res., 112, F03S06, https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JF000553, 2007. 
Bookhagen, B. and Burbank, D. W.: Toward a complete Himalayan hydrological budget: spatiotemporal distribution of snowmelt and rainfall and their impact on river discharge, J. Geophys. Res., 115, F03019, https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JF001426, 2010. 
Download
Short summary
Abrupt changes in tectonic uplift rates induce sharp changes in river profile, called knickpoints. When river erosion depends non-linearly on slope, we develop an analytic model for knickpoint velocity and find the condition of knickpoint merging. Then we develop analytic models that represent the two-directional link between tectonic changes and river profile evolution. The derivation provides new understanding on the links between tectonic changes and river profile evolution.