Outputs (4)

Earthquake-triggered increase in biospheric carbon export from a mountain belt (2016)
Journal Article
Wang, J., Jin, Z., Hilton, R., Zhang, F., Li, G., Densmore, A., …West, A. (2016). Earthquake-triggered increase in biospheric carbon export from a mountain belt. Geology, 44(6), 471-474. https://doi.org/10.1130/g37533.1

On geological time scales, the erosion of carbon from the terrestrial biosphere and its burial in sediments can counter CO2 emissions from the solid Earth. Earthquakes may increase the erosion of this biospheric carbon and supply it to mountain river... Read More about Earthquake-triggered increase in biospheric carbon export from a mountain belt.

Connectivity of earthquake-triggered landslides with the fluvial network: implications for landslide sediment transport after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (2016)
Journal Article
Li, G., West, A., Densmore, A., Hammond, D., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., …Hilton, R. (2016). Connectivity of earthquake-triggered landslides with the fluvial network: implications for landslide sediment transport after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 121(4), 703-724. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jf003718

Evaluating the influence of earthquakes on erosion, landscape evolution, and sediment-related hazards requires understanding fluvial transport of material liberated in earthquake-triggered landslides. The location of landslides relative to river chan... Read More about Connectivity of earthquake-triggered landslides with the fluvial network: implications for landslide sediment transport after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.

Storm-triggered landslides in the Peruvian Andes and implications for topography, carbon cycles, and biodiversity (2016)
Journal Article
Clark, K., West, A., Hilton, R., Asner, G., Quesada, C., Silman, M., …Malhi, Y. (2016). Storm-triggered landslides in the Peruvian Andes and implications for topography, carbon cycles, and biodiversity. Earth Surface Dynamics, 4(1), 47-70. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-47-2016

In this study, we assess the geomorphic role of a rare, large-magnitude landslide-triggering event and consider its effect on mountain forest ecosystems and the erosion of organic carbon in an Andean river catchment. Proximal triggers such as large r... Read More about Storm-triggered landslides in the Peruvian Andes and implications for topography, carbon cycles, and biodiversity.

Climate regulates the erosional carbon export from the terrestrial biosphere (2016)
Journal Article
Hilton, R. (2016). Climate regulates the erosional carbon export from the terrestrial biosphere. Geomorphology, 277, 118-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.03.028

Erosion drives the export of particulate organic carbon from the terrestrial biosphere (POCbiosphere) and its delivery to rivers. The carbon transfer is globally significant and can result in drawdown of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) if the eroded... Read More about Climate regulates the erosional carbon export from the terrestrial biosphere.