Tectonic controls of Holocene erosion in a glaciated orogen

Adams, Byron A.; Ehlers, Todd A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-595-2018

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-595-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-595-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 3

Research article

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26 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 26 Jul 2018

Tectonic controls of Holocene erosion in a glaciated orogen

Byron A. Adams and Todd A. Ehlers

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RC1: 'Review of esurf-2018-9', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Response to RC1', Byron Adams, 29 May 2018
RC2: 'Review of "Tectonic controls of Holocene erosion in a glaciated orogen" by Adams and Ehlers', George Hilley, 30 Apr 2018
- AC2: 'Response to RC2', Byron Adams, 29 May 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Byron Adams on behalf of the Authors (29 May 2018)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (24 Jun 2018) by Arjen Stroeven

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (24 Jun 2018) by Andreas Lang (Editor)

AR by Byron Adams on behalf of the Authors (16 Jul 2018) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Where alpine glaciers were active in the past, they have created scenic landscapes that are likely in the process of morphing back into a form that it more stable with today's climate regime and tectonic forces. By looking at older erosion rates from before the time of large alpine glaciers and erosion rates since deglaciation in the Olympic Mountains (USA), we find that the topography and erosion rates have not drastically changed despite the impressive glacial valleys that have been carved.