Landscape evolution represents the dynamic interplay between tectonic forces, climate, and surface processes that continuously reshape the Earth’s topography. Central to this evolution is the ...

Human activity causes 10 times more erosion of continental surfaces than all natural processes combined, an analysis by a University of Michigan geologist shows. ANN ARBOR, Mich. --- Human activity ...

Dr. Gusarov (Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology and Paleomagnetism Lab) has been working on erosion processes for two decades as a part of various teams. In this research, he tackled the Middle Volga ...

Coastal erosion is the natural wearing away of shorelines by waves, tides and wind, reshaping beaches and cliffs over time.

Researchers have investigated erosion in the different kinds of limestone in the Western Wall at the foot of Jerusalem's Temple Mount. Stones made up of large crystals were almost unchanged in 2000 ...

If you think about mountain ranges like the Andes or the Himalayas, you can come up with multiple factors that must affect their size and shape. There’s the collision of tectonic plates that squeezes ...

The researchers studied Taiwan’s erosion-prone central mountains. (Courtesy: Robert Hilton, Durham University) Researchers have challenged one of the few certainties of earth and climate history: the ...

The macrotidal (2-5 m range) Gironde coast, situated to the south of the Gironde estuary, is dominated by NW swell.The prominent cape Pointe de la Negade separates two linear sections of this ...

C. (Kees) den Heijer, Dirk Jan R. Walstra, Jaap S. M. van Thiel de Vries, Bas M. Hoonhout, Bas J. A. Huisman, Ferdinand L. M. Diermanse, Pieter H. A. J. M. van Gelder ...

Sand shoals migrate toward Assateague Island's southern shores, welding new land formations onto the barrier island system near Tom's Cove. Federal wildlife officials document these accretions as part ...