All Outputs (6)

The hydrological regime of a forested tropical Andean catchment (2014)
Journal Article
Clark, K., Torres, M., West, A., Hilton, R., New, M., Horwath, A., …Malhi, Y. (2014). The hydrological regime of a forested tropical Andean catchment. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(12), 5377-5397. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5377-2014

The hydrology of tropical mountain catchments plays a central role in ecological function, geochemical and biogeochemical cycles, erosion and sediment production, and water supply in globally important environments. There have been few studies quanti... Read More about The hydrological regime of a forested tropical Andean catchment.

Lithium isotopes in large rivers reveal the cannibalistic nature of modern continental weathering and erosion (2014)
Journal Article
Dellinger, M., Gaillardet, J., Bouchez, J., Calmels, D., Galy, V., Hilton, R., …France-Lanord, C. (2014). Lithium isotopes in large rivers reveal the cannibalistic nature of modern continental weathering and erosion. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 401, 359-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.05.061

The erosion of major mountain ranges is thought to be largely cannibalistic, recycling sediments that were deposited in the ocean or on the continents prior to mountain uplift. Despite this recognition, it has not yet been possible to quantify the am... Read More about Lithium isotopes in large rivers reveal the cannibalistic nature of modern continental weathering and erosion.

Geological respiration of a mountain belt revealed by the trace element rhenium (2014)
Journal Article
Hilton, R., Gaillardet, J., Calmels, D., & Birck, J. (2014). Geological respiration of a mountain belt revealed by the trace element rhenium. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 403, 27-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.06.021

Oxidation of rock-derived, petrogenic, organic carbon (OCpetro) during weathering of sedimentary rocks is a major source of carbon dioxide (CO2) to the atmosphere. This geological respiration is thought to be enhanced by physical erosion, suggesting... Read More about Geological respiration of a mountain belt revealed by the trace element rhenium.

Dilution of 10Be in detrital quartz by earthquake-induced landslides: Implications for determining denudation rates and potential to provide insights into landslide sediment dynamics (2014)
Journal Article
West, A., Hetzel, R., Li, G., Jin, Z., Zhang, F., Hilton, R., & Densmore, A. (2014). Dilution of 10Be in detrital quartz by earthquake-induced landslides: Implications for determining denudation rates and potential to provide insights into landslide sediment dynamics. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 396, 143-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.058

The concentration of 10Be in detrital quartz (10Beqtz) from river sediments is now widely used to quantify catchment-wide denudation rates but may also be sensitive to inputs from bedrock landslides that deliver sediment with low 10Beqtz. Major lands... Read More about Dilution of 10Be in detrital quartz by earthquake-induced landslides: Implications for determining denudation rates and potential to provide insights into landslide sediment dynamics.

Seismic mountain building: Landslides associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in the context of a generalized model for earthquake volume balance (2014)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.