Lightning as a Geomorphic Agent in Low-Latitude Mountains part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
It is often assumed that high mountain environments are dominated by the geomorphic imprints of cold-climate weathering and erosion processes, forming angular bedrock fragments that are commonly found across ...

Soil-water-rock interactions I: The pediment problem part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
You may have not initially appreciated that piedmonts (landscapes between steep mountain masses and depositional basins) are not all covered by alluvial fans. In fact, piedmonts, along with adjoining low-relief ...

When a tree falls in the forest, does it make a soil? part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
When a Tree Falls Over A tree, like most plants, sends roots down into soil and bedrock to absorb water and nutrients. The roots also anchor the tree to the ground and prevents it from tipping over. Strong wind ...

Predicting the effect of changing climate on landscapes with computer based landscape evolution models part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
Predicting the effect of changing climate on landscapes with computer based landscape evolution models. Future climate change will influence the processes that shape our landscapes. Knowing this influence is ...

The influence of weathering and soils on the geomorphic expression of tectonic landforms: an exception to a rule of tectonic geomorphology part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
Background – Blind Thrust Faults and Seismic Hazard In southern California, one of the most tectonically active regions of the United States, it is critical to understand the potential earthquake hazard that ...

Soil-water-rock interactions II: The formation of tors in arid and semiarid environments part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
The prominence of bedrock edifices above essentially featureless, erosional pediment surfaces underscores the crux of the 'pediment problem' that has baffled geologists since 1877(described in the Part I ...

Defining rates of erosion using terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides in the Himalaya part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
The Himalaya and Tibet comprise the greatest mountain mass on our planet, stretching for ~ 2000 km east-west and >1500 km north-south with an average elevation of ~5000 m above sea level. The mountain mass ...

The shaping of England's Peak District National Park part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
The Peak District is a National Park in central England (Figure 1), characterized by a unique geology and geomorphology which are the product of processes extending back to the Late Tertiary period, approximately ...

Soil versus rock-dominated landscapes part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
Introduction When you look at a hilly, gently sloped landscape do you ever wonder why it's covered with soil? Similarly, when you're on your favorite hike through a steep, mountainous landscape do you ...

Glacial Features of Franconia Notch, New Hampshire part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
INTRODUCTION Franconia Notch, New Hampshire (Figure 1) is a classic northern Appalachian glaciated valley. It has geomorphic features from pre-glacial times, from the glaciation itself, from glacial meltwater, and ...