Knickpoint migration and landscape evolution, Cullasaja River Basin, North Carolina
Sean Gallen, Colorado State University
Introduction: Localized high topographic relief, steep slopes, and frequent mass wasting — features commonly associated with tectonically active settings — characterize the landscapes of the southern ...

Geomorphic Setting & Archaeology of the Cunene River, Namibia
Kathleen Nicoll, University of Utah
Introduction This vignette presents a virtual tour of the Cunene River, and a prehistoric archaeological site located on a fluvial terrace in northern Namibia. Today the Cunene River is an important transnational ...

Sea Level Rise in the San Francisco Bay – Considering Morphology in Adapting Management
Adam Parris
The San Francisco Bay – A Community Investment The San Francisco Bay (Bay) is part of the largest estuary on the west coast of North America. It supports a densely populated and prosperous surrounding cultural ...

Digital Topography: Should you choose a TIN or raster interpolation of the landscape?
Lisa Walsh, University of Maryland-College Park
The recent explosion of Geographic Information System (GIS) tools enable geoscientists to visualize the Earth's surface in three dimensions using digital topography. Digital topography can be represented in ...

Reconstructing the geomorphic history of a cave: a case study from Liang Bua, Indonesia
Kira Westaway
Liang Bua, a large cave situated 16 km from Ruteng in western Flores, Indonesia (Figure 1), was formed as a subterranean chamber over 600 ka. From this time to the present, a series of geomorphic events influenced ...

Understanding soil erosion and landscape evolution using computer based predictive models
Greg Hancock
The ability to measure and model soil erosion and resultant landscape evolution is important because soil erosion has a range of environmental impacts, including loss of organic matter and nutrients, reduction of ...

Soil Geomorphology and Landscape Modeling in South-Central Minnesota
Holly Dolliver, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Holly A.S. Dolliver University of Wisconsin- River Falls Location Continent: North America Country: United States of America State: Minnesota City/Town: Waseca UTM coordinates and datum: none Setting Climate ...

Effects of urbanization on stream channel geometry in the Illinois River watershed in Northwest Arkansas
Amanda Keen-Zebert
The land-use changes associated with urbanization have a range of critical impacts on watersheds, stream geomorphology, and habitat. Much of the thinking about how streams respond to urbanization proliferating ...

Topographic signatures of lithologies in the Modi Khola valley of central Nepal
Lisa Walsh, University of Maryland-College Park
Rock resistivity to erosion plays a vital role in the evolution of the Earth's topography. Since different rock types exhibit different levels of resistivity to erosion, the more resistant rock types tend to ...

Holocene landscape evolution of alpine areas in the southern San Juan Mountains, Colorado
Brad Johnson, Appalachian State University
Alpine landscapes that were glaciated during the Last Glacial Maximum are filled with landforms which are often confusing and difficult to understand. Yet, many researchers are drawn to researching problems in ...