Growing topography due to contrasting rock  types in a tectonically dead landscape

Peifer, Daniel; Persano, Cristina; Hurst, Martin D.; Bishop, Paul; Fabel, Derek

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-167-2021

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-167-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-167-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 2

Research article

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09 Mar 2021

Research article |

| 09 Mar 2021

Growing topography due to contrasting rock types in a tectonically dead landscape

Daniel Peifer, Cristina Persano, Martin D. Hurst, Paul Bishop, and Derek Fabel

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SC1: 'Interesting paper!', Emmanuel Gabet, 26 Aug 2020
- SC3: 'Response to SC1', Daniel Peifer, 06 Oct 2020
SC2: 'A wonderful article', Matija Perne, 18 Sep 2020
- AC1: 'Response to SC2', Daniel Peifer, 06 Oct 2020
RC1: 'Growing topography due to contrasting rock types in a tectonically dead landscape', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Sep 2020
- AC2: 'Response to RC1', Daniel Peifer, 08 Oct 2020
SC4: 'Post orogenic landscapes', Martin Stokes, 29 Oct 2020
EC1: 'comments', Greg Hancock, 03 Dec 2020

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AR by Daniel Peifer on behalf of the Authors (18 Jan 2021) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Jan 2021) by Greg Hancock

ED: Publish as is (02 Feb 2021) by Tom Coulthard (Editor)

AR by Daniel Peifer on behalf of the Authors (05 Feb 2021)

Short summary

Plate tectonics drive the formation of mountain ranges. Yet when tectonic forces cease, mountain ranges persist for hundreds of millions of years, forming major Earth surface features. This work presents denudation rate estimates from one such ancient mountain range that show that denudation is strongly tied to rock type. Resistant rocks denude more slowly despite having much steeper topography, and contrasts in rock type cause increasing relief in the absence of active tectonics.