Articles | Volume 4, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-147-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-147-2016
Research article
 | 
02 Feb 2016
Research article |  | 02 Feb 2016

On the potential for regolith control of fluvial terrace formation in semi-arid escarpments

K. P. Norton, F. Schlunegger, and C. Litty

Related authors

Preservation and degradation of ancient organic matter in mid-Miocene Antarctic permafrost
Marjolaine Verret, Sebastian Naeher, Denis Lacelle, Catherine Ginnane, Warren Dickinson, Kevin Norton, Jocelyn Turnbull, and Richard Levy
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-786,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-786, 2025
Short summary
Mid-Holocene thinning of David Glacier, Antarctica: chronology and controls
Jamey Stutz, Andrew Mackintosh, Kevin Norton, Ross Whitmore, Carlo Baroni, Stewart S. R. Jamieson, Richard S. Jones, Greg Balco, Maria Cristina Salvatore, Stefano Casale, Jae Il Lee, Yeong Bae Seong, Robert McKay, Lauren J. Vargo, Daniel Lowry, Perry Spector, Marcus Christl, Susan Ivy Ochs, Luigia Di Nicola, Maria Iarossi, Finlay Stuart, and Tom Woodruff
The Cryosphere, 15, 5447–5471, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5447-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5447-2021, 2021
Short summary
A review of the (Revised) Universal Soil Loss Equation ((R)USLE): with a view to increasing its global applicability and improving soil loss estimates
Rubianca Benavidez, Bethanna Jackson, Deborah Maxwell, and Kevin Norton
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 6059–6086, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6059-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6059-2018, 2018
Short summary
U–Th and 10Be constraints on sediment recycling in proglacial settings, Lago Buenos Aires, Patagonia
Antoine Cogez, Frédéric Herman, Éric Pelt, Thierry Reuschlé, Gilles Morvan, Christopher M. Darvill, Kevin P. Norton, Marcus Christl, Lena Märki, and François Chabaux
Earth Surf. Dynam., 6, 121–140, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-121-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-121-2018, 2018
Short summary
Moraine-dammed lake failures in Patagonia and assessment of outburst susceptibility in the Baker Basin
P. Iribarren Anacona, K.P. Norton, and A. Mackintosh
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 3243–3259, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-3243-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-3243-2014, 2014
Short summary

Related subject area

Physical: Geomorphology (including all aspects of fluvial, coastal, aeolian, hillslope and glacial geomorphology)
The glacial paleolandscapes of Southern Africa: the legacy of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age
Pierre Dietrich, François Guillocheau, Guilhem A. Douillet, Neil P. Griffis, Guillaume Baby, Daniel P. Le Héron, Laurie Barrier, Maximilien Mathian, Isabel P. Montañez, Cécile Robin, Thomas Gyomlai, Christoph Kettler, and Axel Hofmann
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 495–529, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-495-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-495-2025, 2025
Short summary
Multiple equilibrium configurations in river-dominated deltas
Lorenzo Durante, Nicoletta Tambroni, and Michele Bolla Pittaluga
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 455–471, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-455-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-455-2025, 2025
Short summary
Investigating the celerity of propagation for small perturbations and dispersive sediment aggradation under a supercritical flow
Hasan Eslami, Erfan Poursoleymanzadeh, Mojtaba Hiteh, Keivan Tavakoli, Melika Yavari Nia, Ehsan Zadehali, Reihaneh Zarrabi, and Alessio Radice
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 437–454, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-437-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-437-2025, 2025
Short summary
Short communication: Multiscale topographic complexity analysis with pyTopoComplexity
Larry Syu-Heng Lai, Adam M. Booth, Alison R. Duvall, and Erich Herzig
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 417–435, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-417-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-417-2025, 2025
Short summary
Sub-surface processes and heat fluxes at coarse blocky Murtèl rock glacier (Engadine, eastern Swiss Alps): seasonal ice and convective cooling render rock glaciers climate-robust
Dominik Amschwand, Jonas Wicky, Martin Scherler, Martin Hoelzle, Bernhard Krummenacher, Anna Haberkorn, Christian Kienholz, and Hansueli Gubler
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 365–401, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-365-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-365-2025, 2025
Short summary

Cited articles

Abbühl, L. M., Norton, K. P., Schlunegger, F., Kracht, O., Aldahan, A., and Possnert, G.: El Niño forcing on 10Be-based surface denudation rates in the northwestern Peruvian Andes?, Geomorphology, 123, 257–268, 2010.
Abbühl, L. M., Norton, K. P., Jansen, J., Schlunegger, F., Aldahan, A., and Possnert, G.: Landscape transience and mechanisms of knickpoint retreat from 10Be in the Western Escarpment of the Andes between Peru and northern Chile, Earth Surf. Proc. Land., 36, 1464–1473, 2011.
Agteca: Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN-Monthly database) compilation for Peru, edited by: Cochrane, T. A., Agteca.org, available at: www.agteca.org, 2010.
Baker, P. A., Rigsby, C. A., Seltzer, G. O., Fritz, S. C., Lowenstein, T. K., Bacher, N. P., and Veliz, C.: Tropical climate changes at millennial and orbital timescales on the Bolivian Altiplano, Nature, 409, 698–701, 2001a.
Baker, P. A., Seltzer, G. O., Fritz, S. C., Dunbar, R. B., Grove, M. J., Tapia, P. M., Cross, S. L., Rowe, H. D., and Broda, J. P.: The History of South American Tropical Precipitation for the Past 25,000 Years, Science, 291, 640–643, 2001b.
Download
Short summary
Cut-fill terraces are common landforms throughout the world. Their distribution both in space and time is not clear-cut, as they can arise from numerous processes. We apply a climate-dependent regolith production algorithm to determine potential sediment loads during climate shifts. When combined with transport capacity, our results suggest that the cut-fill terraces of western Peru can result from transient stripping of hillslope sediment but not steady-state hillslope erosion.
Share