All Outputs (3)

The role of late Quaternary upper-crustal faults in the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (2010)
Journal Article
Densmore, A., Li, Y., Richardson, N., Zhou, R., Ellis, M., & Zhang, Y. (2010). The role of late Quaternary upper-crustal faults in the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100(5B), 2700-2712. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120090294

The role of upper-crustal faulting in building and maintaining the extreme relief of the Longmen Shan region at the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau has been strongly debated. The Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008 ruptured three distinct... Read More about The role of late Quaternary upper-crustal faults in the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.

The role of landslides in mountain range evolution (2010)
Journal Article
Korup, O., Densmore, A., & Schlunegger, F. (2010). The role of landslides in mountain range evolution. Geomorphology, 120(1-2), 77-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.09.017

We review the role of landslides in current concepts of the topographic development of mountain ranges. We find that many studies in this field address basin- or orogen-scale competition between rock uplift and fluvial bedrock erosion. Hillslopes in... Read More about The role of landslides in mountain range evolution.

Did incision of the Three Gorges begin in the Eocene? (2010)
Journal Article
Richardson, N., Densmore, A., Seward, D., Wipf, M., & Li, Y. (2010). Did incision of the Three Gorges begin in the Eocene?. Geology, 38(6), 551-554. https://doi.org/10.1130/g30527.1

Like the other large river systems that drain the area of the India-Asia collision, the Yangtze River was assembled through a series of Cenozoic capture events. These events are important for orogenic erosion and sediment delivery, but their timing r... Read More about Did incision of the Three Gorges begin in the Eocene?.