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Long term carbon export from mountain forests driven by hydroclimate and extreme event driven landsliding (2025)
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Howarth, J. D., Fitzsimons, S. J., Moody, A., Wang, J., Garnett, M. H., Croissant, T., Densmore, A., Howell, A., & Hilton, R. G. (2025). Long term carbon export from mountain forests driven by hydroclimate and extreme event driven landsliding. Communications Earth & Environment, 6, Article 432. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02382-2

The export of organic carbon from terrestrial ecosystems by erosion may play a central role in balancing the geological carbon cycle and Earth’s climate over millennial timescales. However, constraints on organic carbon yields have come from sampling... Read More about Long term carbon export from mountain forests driven by hydroclimate and extreme event driven landsliding.

The role of earthquakes and storms in the fluvial export of terrestrial organic carbon along the eastern margin of the Tibetan plateau: A biomarker perspective (2022)
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Wang, J., Ma, T., Zhang, F., Hilton, R. G., Feng, X., & Jin, Z. (2022). The role of earthquakes and storms in the fluvial export of terrestrial organic carbon along the eastern margin of the Tibetan plateau: A biomarker perspective. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, Article 1090983. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.1090983

Driven by earthquakes and intense rainfall, steep tectonically active mountains are hotspots of terrestrial organic carbon mobilization from soils, rocks, and vegetation by landslides into rivers. Subsequent delivery and fluvial mobilization of organ... Read More about The role of earthquakes and storms in the fluvial export of terrestrial organic carbon along the eastern margin of the Tibetan plateau: A biomarker perspective.

Long-term patterns of hillslope erosion by earthquake-induced landslides shape mountain landscapes (2020)
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Wang, J., Howarth, J. D., McClymont, E. L., Densmore, A. L., Fitzsimons, S. J., Croissant, T., Grocke, D. R., West, M. D., Harvey, E. L., Frith, N. V., Garnett, M. H., & Hilton, R. G. (2020). Long-term patterns of hillslope erosion by earthquake-induced landslides shape mountain landscapes. Science Advances, 6(23), Article eaaz6446. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz6446

Widespread triggering of landslides by large storms or earthquakes is a dominant mechanism of erosion in mountain landscapes. If landslides occur repeatedly in particular locations within a mountain range, then they will dominate the landscape evolut... Read More about Long-term patterns of hillslope erosion by earthquake-induced landslides shape mountain landscapes.

Monsoonal control on a delayed response of sedimentation to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (2019)
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Zhang, F., Jin, Z., West, A. J., An, Z., Hilton, R. G., Wang, J., Li, G., Densmore, A. L., Yu, J., Qiang, X., Sun, Y., Li, L., Gou, L., Xu, Y., Xu, X., Liu, X., Pan, Y., & You, C.-F. (2019). Monsoonal control on a delayed response of sedimentation to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Science Advances, 5(6), https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav7110

Infrequent extreme events such as large earthquakes pose hazards and have lasting impacts on landscapes and biogeochemical cycles. Sediments provide valuable records of past events, but unambiguously identifying event deposits is challenging because... Read More about Monsoonal control on a delayed response of sedimentation to the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.

The isotopic composition and fluxes of particulate organic carbon exported from the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (2019)
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Wang, J., Hilton, R. G., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Densmore, A. L., Gröcke, D. R., Xu, X., Li, G., & Joshua West, A. (2019). The isotopic composition and fluxes of particulate organic carbon exported from the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 252, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2019.02.031

Erosion of organic carbon from the terrestrial biosphere and sedimentary rocks plays an important role in the global carbon cycle across a range of timescales. Over geological timescales (>104 years), erosion and burial of particulate organic carbon... Read More about The isotopic composition and fluxes of particulate organic carbon exported from the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.

Earthquakes drive focused denudation along a tectonically active mountain front (2017)
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Li, G., West, A., Densmore, A., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Wang, J., …Hilton, R. (2017). Earthquakes drive focused denudation along a tectonically active mountain front. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 472, 253-265. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.04.040

Earthquakes cause widespread landslides that can increase erosional fluxes observed over years to decades. However, the impact of earthquakes on denudation over the longer timescales relevant to orogenic evolution remains elusive. Here we assess eros... Read More about Earthquakes drive focused denudation along a tectonically active mountain front.

Earthquake-triggered increase in biospheric carbon export from a mountain belt (2016)
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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)
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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.

Seismically enhanced solute fluxes in the Yangtze River headwaters following the A.D. 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (2015)
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Jin, Z., West, A., Zhang, F., An, Z., Hilton, R., Yu, J., …Wang, X. (2016). Seismically enhanced solute fluxes in the Yangtze River headwaters following the A.D. 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Geology, 44(1), 47-50. https://doi.org/10.1130/g37246.1

Large earthquakes alter physical and chemical processes at Earth’s surface, triggering landslides, fracturing rock, changing large-scale permeability, and influencing hydrologic pathways. The resulting effects on global chemical cycles are not fully... Read More about Seismically enhanced solute fluxes in the Yangtze River headwaters following the A.D. 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.

Controls on fluvial evacuation of sediment from earthquake-triggered landslides (2015)
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Wang, J., Jin, Z., Hilton, R., Zhang, F., Densmore, A., Li, G., & West, A. (2015). Controls on fluvial evacuation of sediment from earthquake-triggered landslides. Geology, 43(2), 115-118. https://doi.org/10.1130/g36157.1

Large earthquakes in active mountain belts can trigger landslides, which mobilize large volumes of clastic sediment. Delivery of this material to river channels may result in aggradation and flooding, while sediment residing on hillslopes may increas... Read More about Controls on fluvial evacuation of sediment from earthquake-triggered landslides.