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Late Quaternary climates and river channels of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Southeastern USA by Leigh, David S.

“…Late Quaternary river patterns and sedimentation styles reflect past climate changes in Atlantic drainages of eastern Georgia and the Carolinas. Past climate…”
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Soil Chemistry and Clay Mineralogy of an Alluvial Chronosequence from the North Carolina Sandhills of the Upper Coastal Plain, USA by Suther, Bradley E., Leigh, David S., West, Larry T.

“…Temporal changes in soil development were assessed on fluvial terraces of the Little River in the upper Coastal Plain of North Carolina. We examined five…”
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Legacy Effects in Material Flux: Structural Catchment Changes Predate Long-Term Studies by Bain, Daniel J, Green, Mark B, Campbell, John L, Chamblee, John F, Chaoka, Sayo, Fraterrigo, Jennifer M, Kaushal, Sujay S, Martin, Sherry L, Jordan, Thomas E, Parolari, Anthony J, Sobczak, William V, Weller, Donald E, Wollheim, Wilfred M, Boose, Emery R, Duncan, Jonathan M, Gettel, Gretchen M, Hall, Brian R, Kumar, Praveen, Thompson, Jonathan R, Vose, James M, Elliott, Emily M, Leigh, David S

“…Legacy effects of past land use and disturbance are increasingly recognized, yet consistent definitions of and criteria for defining them do not exist. To…”
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An expanded role for river networks by Benstead, Jonathan P., Leigh, David S.

“…Estimates of stream and river area have relied on observations at coarse resolution. Consideration of the smallest and most dynamic streams could reveal a…”
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Ground penetrating radar data used in discovery of the early Christian church of Notre Dame de Baudes near Labastide-du-Temple, France by Gragson, Ted L, Thompson, Victor D., Leigh, David S., Hautefeuille, Florent

“…Data on ground-penetrating radar transect files are provided that support the research presented in "Discovery and Appraisal of the Early Christian Church of…”
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Distinctive Connectivities of Near-Stream and Watershed-Wide Land Uses Differentially Degrade Rural Aquatic Ecosystems by Jackson, C Rhett, Cecala, Kristen K, Wenger, Seth J, Kirsch, Joseph E, Webster, Jackson R, Leigh, David S, Sanders, Jennifer M, Love, Jason P, Knoepp, Jennifer D, Fraterrigo, Jennifer M, Rosemond, Amy D

“…The water-quality effects of low-density rural land-use activities are understudied but important because of large rural land coverage. We review and…”
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3400 years of agricultural engineering in Mesoamerica: lama-bordos of the Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca, Mexico by Leigh, David S., Kowalewski, Stephen A., Holdridge, Genevieve

“…The origins of early Mesoamerican agricultural techniques are not well established. Our charcoal-derived radiocarbon chronology dates cross-valley check dams,…”
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Late-Holocene paleofloods in the Upper Little Tennessee River valley, Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA by Wang, Lixin, Leigh, David S

“…We derive a paleoflood chronology for the past 2000 years from three stratigraphic sections of overbank sediments with dates from radiocarbon, luminescence,…”
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Morphological and sedimentological responses of streams to human impact in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA by Price, Katie, Leigh, David S.

“…Morphological and sedimentological responses of streams to basin-scale impact have been well documented for intensively agricultural or urban areas…”
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Morphology and Channel Evolution of Small Streams in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina by LEIGH, DAVID S.

“…Small streams are understudied in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, yet they constitute a huge portion of the drainage network and are relevant with respect…”
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Multiple drivers, scales, and interactions influence southern Appalachian stream salamander occupancy by Cecala, Kristen K., Maerz, John C., Halstead, Brian J., Frisch, John R., Gragson, Ted L., Hepinstall‐Cymerman, Jeffrey, Leigh, David S., Jackson, C. Rhett, Peterson, James T., Pringle, Catherine M.

“…Understanding how factors that vary in spatial scale relate to population abundance is vital to forecasting species responses to environmental change. Stream…”
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Holocene erosion, sedimentation, and stratigraphy at Raven Fork, Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA by Leigh, David S., Webb, Paul A.

“…Holocene colluvial and alluvial stratigraphy and a radiocarbon chronology are presented for the valley of the lower three kilometers of Raven Fork, a mountain…”
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Subaqueous hydrochory: open-channel hydraulic modelling of non-buoyant seed movement by MARKWITH, SCOTT H, LEIGH, DAVID S

“…1. Subaqueous transport may be a significant dispersal and migration mechanism of non-buoyant seeds of aquatic and riparian plants, and also secondary…”
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Comparative Water Quality of Lightly- and Moderately-Impacted Streams in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA by Price, Katie, Leigh, David S

“…For less-developed regions like the Blue Ridge Mountains, data are limited that link basin-scale land use with stream quality. Two pairs of lightly-impacted…”
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Late Pleistocene braided rivers of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA by Leigh, David S, Srivastava, Pradeep, Brook, George A

“…Infrared Landsat imagery (band 4) clearly reveals braided river patterns on late Pleistocene terraces of unglaciated rivers in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of…”
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Scales and arrangements of large wood in first- through fifth-order streams of the Blue Ridge Mountains by Jensen, Carrie K., Leigh, David S., Jackson, C. Rhett

“…Large wood frequency and volume were examined as a function of landscape characteristics at different spatial and temporal scales in 50 reaches of the Upper…”
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Basque Cultural Landscapes of the Western French Pyrenees by Ted L Gragson, David S. Leigh, Michael R. Coughlan

“…Results are presented on the co-evolution of agropastoralism and soils in the western Pyrenees Mountains (>800 masl) over the course of the Holocene conducted…”
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Modeling stream-bank erosion in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains by Rogers, James C., Leigh, David S.

“…Deforestation, followed by soil erosion and subsequent deposition of alluvium in valleys, played a critical role in the formation of historical terraces in…”
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Terminal Pleistocene through Holocene Evolution of Whiteoak Bottoms, a Southern Blue Ridge Mountains Peatland by McDonald, Jacob M., Leigh, David S.

“…Our primary objective was to develop an understanding of the geomorphic evolution of Whiteoak Bottoms (WOB), a peatland along the Nantahala River in the…”
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La Montología Global 4D: Hacia las Ciencias Convergentes y Transdisciplinarias de Montaña a través del Tiempo y el Espacio by Sarmiento, Fausto O., Haller, Andreas, Marchant, Carla, Yoshida, Masahito, Leigh, David S., Woosnam, Kyle, Porinchu, David F., Gandhi, Kamal, King, Elizabeth G., Pistone, Mattia, Kavoori, Andanam, Calabria, Jon, Alcántara-Ayala, Irasema, Chávez, Renato, Gunya, Alexey, Yépez, Alden, Lee, Sungkyung, Reap, James

“…La utilización de los estudios de montaña requiere de narrativas integradoras para la geoalfabetización sobre paisajes socioecológicos productivos y motiva más…”
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