Tectonics, climate, and landscape evolution / edited by Sean D. Willett [and others].

Author/creator Geological Society of America Penrose Conference
Other author Willett, Sean D., 1960-
Format Book
Publication InfoBoulder, Colo. : Geological Society of America, 2006.
Descriptionxi, 447 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm.
Subjects

SeriesSpecial paper ; 398
Special papers (Geological Society of America) 398. ^A20279
Contents Progress on the theory of orographic precipitation / R. B. Smith -- From weather to climate --seasonal and interannual variability of storms and implications for erosion processes in the Himalaya / A. P. Barros ... [et al.] -- Spatial patterns of precipitation and topography in the Himalaya / A. M. Anders ... [et al.] -- Tectonics from topography : procedures, promise, and pitfalls / C. Wobus ... [et al.] -- Surface uplift and climate change : the geomorphic evolution of the Western Escarpment of the Andes of northern Chile between the Miocene and the present / F. Kober ... [et al.] -- Application of drainage system analysis in constraining spatial patterns of uplift in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile / A. E. Mather and A. J. Hartley -- Influence of incision rate, rock strength, and bedload supply on bedrock river gradients and valley-flat widths : field-based evidence and calibrations from western Alpine rivers (southeast France) / G. Y. Brocard and P. A. van der Beek -- Numerical modeling of non-steady-state river profile evolution using a sediment-flux-dependent incision model / N. M. Gasparini, R. L. Bras, and K. X. Whipple -- Changes of bedload characteristics along the Marsyandi River (central Nepal) : implications for understanding hillslope sediment supply, sediment load evolution along fluvial networks, and denudation in active orogenic belts / M. Attal and J. Lavé -- Escarpment erosion and landscape evolution in southeastern Australia / A. M. Heimsath ... [et al.] -- Parametric study of soil transport mechanisms / F. Herman and J. Braun -- Influence of erosion on the kinematics of bivergent orogens : results from scaled sandbox simulations / S. Hoth ... [et al.] -- Response of a steady-state critical wedge orogen to changes in climate and tectonic forcing / G. H. Roe, D. B. Stolar, and S. D. Willett -- Climatic and tectonic forcing of a critical orogen / D. B. Stolar, S. D. Willett, and G. H. Roe -- First-order topography over blind thrusts / M. A. Ellis and A. L. Densmore -- Influence of erosion and deposition on deformation in fold belts / G. Simpson -- Long-term evolution of tectonic lakes : climatic controls on the development of internally drained basins / D. Garcia-Castellanos -- Knickpoints and hillslope failures : interactions in a steady-state experimental landscape / A. Bigi ... [et al.] -- Stable isotopic evidence of a pre-late Miocene elevation gradient in the Great Plains-Rocky Mountain region, USA / D. J. Sjostrom ... [et al.] -- Downstream development of a detrital cooling-age signal : insights from ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar muscovite thermochronology in the Nepalese Himalaya / I. D. Brewer, D. W. Burbank, and K. V. Hodges -- Geochemistry of rivers in tectonically active areas of Taiwan and New Zealand / A. E. Carey ... [et al.] -- Active tectonics in the Subandean belt inferred from the morphology of the Rio Pilcomayo (Bolivia) / J. -L. Mugnier, D. Becel, and D. Granjeon -- Tectonically driven exhumation of a young orogen : an example from the southern Apennines, Italy / M. Schiattarella ... [et al.] -- Slow, patchy landscape evolution in northern Sweden despite repeated ice-sheet glaciation / A. P. Stroeven ... [et al] -- Facing reality : Late Cenozoic evolution of smooth peaks, glacially ornamented valleys, and deep river gorges of Colorado's Front Range / R. S. Anderson ... [et al.] -- Mountain fronts, base-level fall, and landscape evolution : insights from the southern Rocky Mountains / K. L. Frankel and F. J. Pazzaglia.
General note"Penrose Conference series."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006040521
ISBN0813723981 (pbk.)

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