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Research article
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19 Feb 2020
Research article |
| 19 Feb 2020
| 19 Feb 2020
Geomorphic signatures of the transient fluvial response to tilting
Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
Scott W. McCoy
Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- Cenozoic tectonic reactivation and its implications for landscape transience in southeastern Brazil J. dos Santos et al.
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- Disequilibrium river networks dissecting the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA, record significant late Cenozoic tilting and associated surface uplift H. Beeson & S. McCoy
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- Introducing RiverProfileApp, a web application for near-global, exploratory, longitudinal river profile analysis G. Ruetenik
- Plan‐Form Evolution of Drainage Basins in Response to Tectonic Changes: Insights From Experimental and Numerical Landscapes K. Habousha et al.
- Cenozoic tectonic reactivation and its implications for landscape transience in southeastern Brazil J. dos Santos et al.
- Transient Fluvial Response and Topographic Disequilibrium in the Rivers of the Darjeeling Sikkim Himalaya, India: Geospatial Inference on Tectonic Geomorphology S. Ghosh & S. Kundu
- Disequilibrium river networks dissecting the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA, record significant late Cenozoic tilting and associated surface uplift H. Beeson & S. McCoy
- Disequilibrium river networks dissecting the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA, record significant late Cenozoic tilting and associated surface uplift: Comment E. Gabet
- Disequilibrium river networks dissecting the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA, record significant late Cenozoic tilting and associated surface uplift: Reply H. Beeson & S. McCoy
- La geomorfología en el noreste de México: Una valoración de las contribuciones geomorfológicas a través de publicaciones desde inicios del siglo XX M. Castillo & E. Muñoz-Salinas
- Detrital zircon U-Pb ages and provenance of Paleogene paleochannel strata, Sierra Nevada and western Nevada: Implications for paleotopographic evolution A. Tye & N. Niemi
- The direction of landscape erosion C. Stark & G. Stark
- Morphostructural Controls Reflected in Drainage Patterns R. Archanjo et al.
- Comparing methods for calculating channel steepness index A. Smith et al.
- Response of transient rock uplift and base level knickpoints to erosional efficiency contrasts in bedrock streams J. Wolpert & A. Forte
- Bedrock river erosion through dipping layered rocks: quantifying erodibility through kinematic wave speed N. Mitchell & B. Yanites
- Drainage evolution in porous carbonate terrain in semi-arid environments: The role of tectonics and climatic change – The case study of the Boukadir carbonate platform, Algeria M. Moulana et al.
- Geomorphic insights into the tectonically active terrain of the Darjeeling Sikkim Himalaya: Observations from GPS surveys and morphometric indices S. Ghosh et al.
- Interactions between tectonics, bedrock inheritance and geomorphic responses of rivers in a post-rifting upland (Ponta Grossa Arch region, Brazil) M. Santos et al.
- A century of channel morphological adjustments in the western Bengal Basin: insights from the Mayurakshi River in Eastern India A. Ghosh et al.
- Impacts of Spontaneous Waterfall Development on Bedrock River Longitudinal Profile Morphology S. Rothman et al.
- The shaping of erosional landscapes by internal dynamics J. Scheingross et al.
- Reconstructing the incision of the Lancang River (Upper Mekong) in southeastern Tibet below its prominent knickzone using fluvial terraces and transient tributary profiles J. Zhang et al.
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Short summary
We used a computer model to show that, when a landscape is tilted, rivers respond in a distinct way such that river profiles take on unique forms that record tilt timing and magnitude. Using this suite of river forms, we estimated tilt timing and magnitude in the Sierra Nevada, USA, and results were consistent with independent measures. Our work broadens the scope of tectonic histories that can be extracted from landscape form to include tilting, which has been documented in diverse locations.
We used a computer model to show that, when a landscape is tilted, rivers respond in a distinct...
