Land disturbance and recovery following a massive deforestation event in the Missouri Ozarks
Winston Crausaz
In 1983 California businessman Raymond L. Sheeks purchased 40 square kilometers of wooded upland in the Ozark Mountains of south-central Missouri. Starting with steep forested slopes, a relief of 100 meters, thin ...

Glacial Features of Franconia Notch, New Hampshire
R. Laurence Davis, University of New Haven
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 ...

Cold climate conditions as a driver of alluvial fan deposition in the Lost River Range, Idaho, USA
Megan Kenworthy, Center for Ecohydraulics Research, University of Idaho, Boise
Numerous large alluvial fans sit along the western front of the Lost River Range (LRR) in east-central Idaho, USA (Figure 1). These alluvial fans form where streams exit confined basins within the mountain range, ...

Stream incision and surface uplift in the Kings River drainage, Sierra Nevada, California
Devin McPhillips, University of Vermont
Among the awe-inspiring canyons of the Sierra Nevada, the Kings River Canyon stands out. John Muir considered the South Fork of the Kings possibly even grander than Yosemite Valley. In fact, the valley walls are ...

Precipitation Phase and Runoff Characteristics in High Relief Topography
Christopher Tennant, Idaho State University
Mountainous watersheds are characterized by high relief and complex meteorological conditions. Because temperature decreases with elevation, high relief landscapes experience strong differences in the dominant ...

The Kern River, California: A Story of Uplift, Incision, and Flood Control
Natalie Bursztyn, University of Montana
Within Kern County, the present day Kern River is an example of two distinct river environments. In the Sierra Nevada, the Kern River is in a classic V-shaped canyon (Fig. 1) as it erodes towards base level. In ...

Human-Induced Floodplain Sedimentation in the Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin: Consequences on Riparian Ecosystems
Eric Booth, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin (Figure 1) is a unique region in the Upper Midwest, USA, because it escaped the direct effects of continental glaciation. In contrast, surrounding areas have been ...

Development of Palimpsest Landscapes
Jasper Knight
In Physical Geography, a palimpsest landscape is one where, in any given region, the different landforms that make up the landscape are not of the same age, with some surface landforms being very young because they ...

A decade of stream response to the La Valle Dam removal, Baraboo River, Wisconsin
Samantha Greene, University of Wisconsin-Madison
During Euro-American settlement throughout the United States, settlers built milldams along streams to harness energy. Often, the construction of a milldam improved the economic future of the community. These dams ...

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 ...