Earth Surface Dynamics
Earth Surface Dynamics
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04 Jul 2025
Quantifying erosion in a pre-Alpine catchment at high resolution with concentrations of cosmogenic 10Be, 26Al, and 14C
Chantal Schmidt, David Mair, Naki Akçar, Marcus Christl, Negar Haghipour, Christof Vockenhuber, Philip Gautschi, Brian McArdell, and Fritz Schlunegger
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3055,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-3055, 2025
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20 Jun 2025
Modeling active layer thickness in permafrost rock walls based on an analytical solution of the heat transport equation, Kitzsteinhorn, Hohe Tauern Range, Austria
Wolfgang Aumer, Ingo Hartmeyer, Carolyn-Monika Görres, Daniel Uteau, Maike Offer, and Stephan Peth
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 473–493, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-473-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-473-2025, 2025
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13 Jun 2025
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
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12 Jun 2025
An extrapolation algorithm for estimating river bed grain size distributions across basins
Jordan T. Gilbert
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1848,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1848, 2025
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10 Jun 2025
Influence of network geometry on long-term morphodynamics of alluvial rivers
Fergus McNab, Taylor F. Schildgen, Jens Martin Turowski, and Andrew D. Wickert
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2468,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2468, 2025
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06 Jun 2025
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
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03 Jun 2025
Soil slope monitoring with Distributed Acoustic Sensing under wetting and drying cycles
Jiahui Kang, Fabian Walter, Tobias Halter, Patrick Paitz, and Andreas Fichtner
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1725,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1725, 2025
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26 May 2025
Post-glacial reshaping of Alpine topography induced by landsliding
Coline Ariagno, Philippe Steer, Pierre Valla, and Benjamin Campforts
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2088,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2088, 2025
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21 May 2025
Impact of Noise on Landscapes and Metrics Generated with Stream Power Models
Matthew J. Morris and Gareth G. Roberts
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1953,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1953, 2025
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20 May 2025
Safeguarding Cultural Heritage: Integrative Analysis of Gravitational Mass Movements at the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Luxor, Egypt
Benjamin Jacobs, Mohamed Ismael, Mostafa Ezzy, Markus Keuschnig, Alexander Mendler, Johanna Kieser, Michael Krautblatter, Christian U. Grosse, and Hany Helal
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2007,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-2007, 2025
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19 May 2025
A fractal framework for channel–hillslope coupling
Benjamin Kargère, José Constantine, Tristram Hales, Stuart Grieve, and Stewart Johnson
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 403–415, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-403-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-403-2025, 2025
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15 May 2025
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
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14 May 2025
Influence of alluvial slope on avulsion in river deltas
Octria A. Prasojo, Trevor B. Hoey, Amanda Owen, and Richard D. Williams
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 349–363, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-349-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-349-2025, 2025
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30 Apr 2025
Spatial assessment of erosive processes in a badland catchment using diachronic LiDAR, Draix, Alpes de Haute-Provence, France
Yassine Boukhari, Antoine Lucas, Caroline Le Bouteiller, Sébastien Klotz, Gabrielle Chabaud, and Stéphane Jacquemoud
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1726,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1726, 2025
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30 Apr 2025
Reconstructing landscapes: an adjoint model of the Stream Power and diffusion erosion equation
Carole Petit, Anthony Jourdon, and Nicolas Coltice
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1812,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1812, 2025
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29 Apr 2025
Constraining the timing and processes of pediment formation and dissection: implications for long-term evolution in the Western Cape, South Africa
Janet C. Richardson, Veerle Vanacker, David M. Hodgson, Marcus Christl, and Andreas Lang
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 315–339, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-315-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-315-2025, 2025
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24 Apr 2025
New experiments to probe the role of fractures in bedrock on river erosion rate and processes
Marion Fournereau, Laure Guerit, Philippe Steer, Jean-Jacques Kermarrec, Paul Leroy, Christophe Lanos, Hélène Hivert, Claire Astrié, and Dimitri Lague
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1541,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1541, 2025
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23 Apr 2025
Climatic and Tectonic Forcing Lead to Contrasting Headwater Slope Evolutions
Yinbing Zhu, Patrice Rey, and Tristan Salles
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1585,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1585, 2025
Preprint under review for ESurf (discussion: final response, 6 comments)
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09 Apr 2025
Hydrodynamic and morphodynamic patterns on a mid-channel intertidal bar in an estuary
Marco Schrijver, Maarten van der Vegt, Gerben Ruessink, and Maarten Kleinhans
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1202,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1202, 2025
Revised manuscript under review for ESurf (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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03 Apr 2025
Decadal in situ hydrological observations and empirical modeling of pressure head in a high-alpine, fractured calcareous rock slope
Riccardo Scandroglio, Samuel Weber, Till Rehm, and Michael Krautblatter
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 295–314, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-295-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-295-2025, 2025
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31 Mar 2025
Hillslope diffusion and channel steepness in landscape evolution models
David G. Litwin, Luca C. Malatesta, and Leonard S. Sklar
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 277–293, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-277-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-277-2025, 2025
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31 Mar 2025
Curvature-based pebble segmentation for reconstructed surface meshes
Aljoscha Rheinwalt, Benjamin Purinton, and Bodo Bookhagen
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1110,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1110, 2025
Revised manuscript under review for ESurf (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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27 Mar 2025
Haloturbation in the northern Atacama Desert revealed by a hidden subsurface network of calcium sulfate wedges
Aline Zinelabedin, Joel Mohren, Maria Wierzbicka-Wieczorek, Tibor Janos Dunai, Stefan Heinze, and Benedikt Ritter
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 257–276, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-257-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-257-2025, 2025
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26 Mar 2025
Improving a multi-grain size total sediment load model through a new standardized reference shear stress for incipient motion and an adjusted saltation height description
Marine Le Minor, Dimitri Lague, Jamie Howarth, and Philippe Davy
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1271,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1271, 2025
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25 Mar 2025
Three-stage evolution of particle shape in headwater streams
Naoya Ono Takahashi, Daisuke Ishimura, Keitaro Yamada, Ryoga J. Ohta, Yuki Arai, and Yuki Yamane
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1080,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1080, 2025
Preprint under review for ESurf (discussion: final response, 2 comments)
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24 Mar 2025
Progressive destabilization of a freestanding rock pillar in permafrost on the Matterhorn (Swiss Alps): Field observations, laboratory experiments and mechanical modeling
Samuel Weber, Jan Beutel, Michael Dietze, Alexander Bast, Robert Kenner, Marcia Phillips, Johannes Leinauer, Simon Mühlbauer, Felix Pfluger, and Michael Krautblatter
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1151,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-1151, 2025
Preprint under review for ESurf (discussion: final response, 2 comments)
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19 Mar 2025
An evaluation of flow-routing algorithms for calculating contributing area on regular grids
Alexander B. Prescott, Jon D. Pelletier, Satya Chataut, and Sriram Ananthanarayan
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 239–256, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-239-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-239-2025, 2025
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19 Mar 2025
Integrating smartrock and seismic monitoring to investigate bedload transport dynamics during rapid increase of stages in ephemeral streams
Matanya Hamawi, Joel P. L. Johnson, Susan Bilek, Jens M. Turowski, and John B. Laronne
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-591,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-591, 2025
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14 Mar 2025
Formational Conditions of Ribbed Moraine in Norway: A Distribution Analysis and Ribbed Moraine Inventory
Thomas James Barnes, Thomas Vikhamar Schuler, Karianne Staalesen Lilleøren, and Louise Steffensen Schmidt
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-108,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-108, 2025
Revised manuscript under review for ESurf (discussion: final response, 3 comments)
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12 Mar 2025
Geometric constraints on tributary fluvial network junction angles
Jon D. Pelletier, Robert G. Hayes, Olivia Hoch, Brendan Fenerty, and Luke A. McGuire
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 219–238, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-219-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-219-2025, 2025
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18 Feb 2025
Effect of grain-sorting waves on alternate bar dynamics: Implications of the breakdown of the hydrograph boundary layer
Soichi Tanabe and Toshiki Iwasaki
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-103,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-103, 2025
Revised manuscript accepted for ESurf (discussion: final response, 3 comments)
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07 Feb 2025
Investigating uncertainty and parameter sensitivity in bedform analysis by using a Monte Carlo approach
Julius Reich and Axel Winterscheid
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 191–217, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-191-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-191-2025, 2025
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07 Feb 2025
Automatic detection of floating instream large wood in videos using deep learning
Janbert Aarnink, Tom Beucler, Marceline Vuaridel, and Virginia Ruiz-Villanueva
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 167–189, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-167-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-167-2025, 2025
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07 Feb 2025
Geomorphic imprint of high-mountain floods: insights from the 2022 hydrological extreme across the upper Indus River catchment in the northwestern Himalayas
Abhishek Kashyap, Kristen L. Cook, and Mukunda Dev Behera
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 147–166, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-147-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-147-2025, 2025
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03 Feb 2025
A numerical model for duricrust formation by water table fluctuations
Caroline Fenske, Jean Braun, François Guillocheau, and Cécile Robin
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 119–146, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-119-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-119-2025, 2025
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30 Jan 2025
Width evolution of channel belts as a random walk
Jens M. Turowski, Fergus McNab, Aaron Bufe, and Stefanie Tofelde
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 97–117, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-97-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-97-2025, 2025
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27 Jan 2025
Measurements of aeolian sediment transport in the vicinity of coastal dunes on Spiekeroog Island, Germany, and extrapolation to annual transport volume
Malte Kumlehn, Oliver Lojek, Viktoria Kosmalla, Björn Mehrtens, Lukas Ahrenbeck, David Schürenkamp, and Nils Goseberg
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-4120,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-4120, 2025
Revised manuscript under review for ESurf (discussion: final response, 4 comments)
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22 Jan 2025
Identifying fracture-controlled resonance modes for structural health monitoring: insights from Hunter Canyon Arch (Utah, USA)
Guglielmo Grechi, Jeffrey R. Moore, Molly E. McCreary, Erin K. Jensen, and Salvatore Martino
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 81–95, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-81-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-81-2025, 2025
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20 Jan 2025
Evidence of slow millennial cliff retreat rates using cosmogenic nuclides in coastal colluvium
Rémi Bossis, Vincent Regard, Sébastien Carretier, and Sandrine Choy
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 71–79, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-71-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-71-2025, 2025
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16 Jan 2025
Massive permafrost rock slide under a warming polythermal glacier deciphered through mechanical modeling (Bliggspitze, Austria)
Felix Pfluger, Samuel Weber, Joseph Steinhauser, Christian Zangerl, Christine Fey, Johannes Fürst, and Michael Krautblatter
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 41–70, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-41-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-41-2025, 2025
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13 Jan 2025
Equilibrium distance from long-range dune interactions
Jean Vérité, Clément Narteau, Olivier Rozier, Jeanne Alkalla, Laurie Barrier, and Sylvain Courrech du Pont
Earth Surf. Dynam., 13, 23–39, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-23-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-13-23-2025, 2025
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08 Jan 2025
Experimental study on granite weathered crust landslides with different residual layer thicknesses under heavy rainfall
Jingye Chen, Qinghua Gong, Jun Wang, and Shaoxiong Yuan
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2138,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-2138, 2025
Preprint under review for ESurf (discussion: final response, 11 comments)
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07 Jan 2025
Morphological response to climate-induced flood event variability in a sub-arctic river
Linnea Blåfield, Carlos Gonzales-Inca, Petteri Alho, and Elina Kasvi
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3802,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3802, 2025
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