Using technology as an aid to the geomorphologist
Sarah Robinson, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
Geomorphology requires characterization of the earth's surface at sufficient high resolution in 3 dimensions to explicitly represent landforms. Measuring change requires repeat survey, thus adding the 4th ...

Using geomorphology to determine tectonic slip at Wallace Creek
Sarah Robinson, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
The Carrizo Plain along the San Andreas fault in California is world-famous for its dramatic offset features. Sag ponds, linear ridges, beheaded channels and scarps define the landscape along the fault (Vedder and ...

Uplift rates and vertical fault displacements derived from marine terraces, Crete, Greece
Sean Gallen, Colorado State University
Introduction: Long-lived and continuing uplift and pervasive extensional faulting are a testament to the active tectonics of the island of Crete, located in the eastern Mediterranean (Figure 1). Large earthquakes ...

Defining rates of erosion using terrestrial cosmogenic nuclides in the Himalaya
Lewis Owen, North Carolina State University
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 ...

Living on a slippery slope: Case studies of geologic hazards from the Wasatch Front, Utah
Kathleen Nicoll, University of Utah
Throughout their history, humans have fought the natural elements; we build shelters, roads, hospitals and malls wherever we can engineer "solutions" and strategies that permit us to thrive, even in harsh ...

Geomorphic Evolution of the Upper Basin of the Tigris River, Turkey
Kathleen Nicoll, University of Utah
Introduction The Tigris is one of Antiquity's famous rivers, as it flanks the fertile strip of land known as the Mesopotamian Plain, the heartland of the mighty biblical empires of Sumeria and Assyria (Figure ...

Marine terraces in mid-latitude settings: the case of the Oregon USA coast
Harvey Kelsey, Humboldt State University
Marine terraces are terraced landforms that occur as elevated flats inboard of, and parallel to, coastlines. Outstanding examples of a stair-step landscape of marine terraces can be found in many places in the ...

Soil versus rock-dominated landscapes
Arjun Heimsath, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
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 ...

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 ...

"Mitigate or migrate?": Marsh loss and sea level around Chesapeake Bay
Ben DeJong, University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
The Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (BNWR) on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, USA is a major destination for bird-watchers worldwide. Set aside as a refuge in 1938, BNWR (Fig 1) is part of a one of the largest ...