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Seismic mountain building: Landslides associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in the context of a generalized model for earthquake volume balance (2014)
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Li, G., West, A., Densmore, A., Jin, Z., Parker, R., & Hilton, R. (2014). Seismic mountain building: Landslides associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in the context of a generalized model for earthquake volume balance. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(4), 833-844. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013gc005067

Here we assess earthquake volume balance and the growth of mountains in the context of a new landslide inventory for the Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake in central China. Coseismic landslides were mapped from high-resolution remote imagery using an automa... Read More about Seismic mountain building: Landslides associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in the context of a generalized model for earthquake volume balance.

Preservation of terrestrial organic carbon in marine sediments offshore Taiwan: mountain building and atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration (2014)
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Kao, S., Hilton, R., Selvaraj, K., Dai, M., Zehetner, F., Huang, J., …Hovius, N. (2014). Preservation of terrestrial organic carbon in marine sediments offshore Taiwan: mountain building and atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration. Earth Surface Dynamics, 2(1), 127-139. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2-127-2014

Geological sequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) can be achieved by the erosion of organic carbon (OC) from the terrestrial biosphere and its burial in long-lived marine sediments. Rivers on mountain islands of Oceania in the western Paci... Read More about Preservation of terrestrial organic carbon in marine sediments offshore Taiwan: mountain building and atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration.

New views on old carbon in the Amazon river: Insight from the source of organic carbon eroded from the Peruvian Andes (2013)
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Clark, K., Hilton, R., West, A., Malhi, Y., Gröcke, D., Bryant, C., …New, M. (2013). New views on old carbon in the Amazon river: Insight from the source of organic carbon eroded from the Peruvian Andes. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(5), 1644-1659. https://doi.org/10.1002/ggge.20122

[1] Mountain rivers play a key role in the delivery of particulate organic carbon (POC) to large river systems and the ocean. Due to the extent of its drainage area and runoff, the Amazon River is one of Earth's most important biogeochemical systems.... Read More about New views on old carbon in the Amazon river: Insight from the source of organic carbon eroded from the Peruvian Andes.

Geomorphic control on the δ15N of mountain forests (2013)
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Hilton, R., Galy, A., West, A., Hovius, N., & Roberts, G. (2013). Geomorphic control on the δ15N of mountain forests. Biogeosciences, 10, 1693-1705. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1693-2013

Mountain forests are subject to high rates of physical erosion which can export particulate nitrogen from ecosystems. However, the impact of geomorphic processes on nitrogen budgets remains poorly constrained. We have used the elemental and isotopic... Read More about Geomorphic control on the δ15N of mountain forests.

Climatic and geomorphic controls on the erosion of terrestrial biomass from subtropical mountain forest (2012)
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Hilton, R., Galy, A., Hovius, N., Kao, S., Horng, M., & Chen, H. (2012). Climatic and geomorphic controls on the erosion of terrestrial biomass from subtropical mountain forest. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 26(3), Article GB3014. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012gb004314

[1] Erosion of particulate organic carbon (POC) occurs at very high rates in mountain river catchments, yet the proportion derived recently from atmospheric CO2 in the terrestrial biosphere (POCnon-fossil) remains poorly constrained. Here we examine... Read More about Climatic and geomorphic controls on the erosion of terrestrial biomass from subtropical mountain forest.

Landslide impact on organic carbon cycling in a temperate montane forest (2011)
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Hilton, R., Meunier, P., Hovius, N., Bellingham, P., & Galy, A. (2011). Landslide impact on organic carbon cycling in a temperate montane forest. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 36(12), 1670-1679. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.2191

In humid, forested mountain belts, bedrock landslides can harvest organic carbon from above ground biomass and soil (OCmodern) while acting to refresh the landscape surface and turnover forest ecosystems. Here the impact of landslides on organic carb... Read More about Landslide impact on organic carbon cycling in a temperate montane forest.

Mobilization and transport of coarse woody debris to the oceans triggered by an extreme tropical storm (2011)
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West, A., Lin, C., Lin, T., Hilton, R., Liu, S., Chang, C., …Hovius, N. (2011). Mobilization and transport of coarse woody debris to the oceans triggered by an extreme tropical storm. Limnology and Oceanography, 56(1), 77-85. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2011.56.1.0077

A significant consequence of Typhoon Morakot in August 2009 was the production of vast volumes of driftwood in Pacific Asia. We have quantified the flux of this coarse woody debris (CWD) to the oceans from typhoontriggered landslides in Taiwan, where... Read More about Mobilization and transport of coarse woody debris to the oceans triggered by an extreme tropical storm.

Efficient transport of fossil organic carbon to the ocean by steep mountain rivers: An orogenic carbon sequestration mechanism (2011)
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Hilton, R., Galy, A., Hovius, N., & Horng, M. (2011). Efficient transport of fossil organic carbon to the ocean by steep mountain rivers: An orogenic carbon sequestration mechanism. Geology, 39(1), 71-74. https://doi.org/10.1130/g31352.1

Mountain building exposes fossil organic carbon (OCfossil) in exhumed sedimentary rocks. Oxidation of this material releases carbon dioxide from long-term geological storage to the atmosphere. OCfossil is mobilized on hillslopes by mass wasting and t... Read More about Efficient transport of fossil organic carbon to the ocean by steep mountain rivers: An orogenic carbon sequestration mechanism.

The isotopic composition of particulate organic carbon in mountain rivers of Taiwan (2010)
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Hilton, R., Galy, A., Hovius, N., Horng, M., & Chen, H. (2010). The isotopic composition of particulate organic carbon in mountain rivers of Taiwan. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(11), 3164-3181. https://doi.org/10.1016/+j.gca.2010.03.004

Small rivers draining mountain islands are important in the transfer of terrestrial particulate organic carbon (POC) to the oceans. This input has implications for the geochemical stratigraphic record. We have investigated the stable isotopic composi... Read More about The isotopic composition of particulate organic carbon in mountain rivers of Taiwan.

Tropical-cyclone-driven erosion of the terrestrial biosphere from mountains (2008)
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Hilton, R., Galy, A., Hovius, N., Chen, M., Horng, M., & Chen, H. (2008). Tropical-cyclone-driven erosion of the terrestrial biosphere from mountains. Nature Geoscience, 1(11), 759-762. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo333

The transfer of organic carbon from the terrestrial biosphere to the oceans via erosion and riverine transport constitutes an important component of the global carbon cycle. More than one third of this organic carbon flux comes from sediment-laden ri... Read More about Tropical-cyclone-driven erosion of the terrestrial biosphere from mountains.