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Constraining tectonic uplift and advection from the main drainage divide of a mountain belt by He, Chuanqi, Yang, Ci-Jian, Turowski, Jens M., Rao, Gang, Roda-Boluda, Duna C., Yuan, Xiao-Ping

“…One of the most conspicuous features of a mountain belt is the main drainage divide. Divide location is influenced by a number of parameters, including…”
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A demonstration of the importance of bedload transport for fluvial bedrock erosion and knickpoint propagation by Cook, Kristen L., Turowski, Jens M., Hovius, Niels

“…ABSTRACT We provide field evidence for the role of bedload in driving fluvial incision and knickpoint propagation. Using aerial photographs, field surveys, and…”
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Testing seismic amplitude source location for fast debris-flow detection at Illgraben, Switzerland by Walter, Fabian, Burtin, Arnaud, McArdell, Brian W, Hovius, Niels, Weder, Bianca, Turowski, Jens M

“…Heavy precipitation can mobilize tens to hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of sediment in steep Alpine torrents in a short time. The resulting debris flows…”
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Diverse Responses of Alluvial Rivers to Periodic Environmental Change by McNab, F., Schildgen, T. F., Turowski, J. M., Wickert, A. D.

“…Alluvial rivers aggrade, incise, and adjust their sediment‐transport rates in response to changing sediment and water supply. Fluvial landforms, such as river…”
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Testing models of step formation against observations of channel steps in a steep mountain stream by Golly, Antonius, Turowski, Jens M., Badoux, Alexandre, Hovius, Niels

“…Steep streams often feature a step‐pool morphology where the steps determine channel stability and dissipate the stream's energy, and thus are important for…”
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Cover effect in bedrock abrasion: A new derivation and its implications for the modeling of bedrock channel morphology by Turowski, Jens M., Lague, Dimitri, Hovius, Niels

“…The sediment load of a bedrock river plays an important role in the fluvial incision process by providing tools for abrasion (the tools effect) and by covering…”
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Seismic monitoring of torrential and fluvial processes by Burtin, Arnaud, Hovius, Niels, Turowski, Jens M

“…In seismology, the signal is usually analysed for earthquake data, but earthquakes represent less than 1 % of continuous recording. The remaining data are…”
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Width control on event‐scale deposition and evacuation of sediment in bedrock‐confined channels by Cook, Kristen L., Turowski, Jens M., Hovius, Niels

“…In mixed bedrock–alluvial rivers, the response of the system to a flood event can be affected by a number of factors, including coarse sediment availability in…”
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Classification of Stream, Hyperconcentrated, and Debris Flow Using Dimensional Analysis and Machine Learning by Du, Junhan, Zhou, Gordon G. D., Tang, Hui, Turowski, Jens M., Cui, Kahlil F. E.

“…Extreme rainfall events in mountainous environments usually induce significant sediment runoff or mass movements—debris flows, hyperconcentrated flows and…”
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Long-term erosion of the Nepal Himalayas by bedrock landsliding: the role of monsoons, earthquakes and giant landslides by Marc, Odin, Behling, Robert, Andermann, Christoff, Turowski, Jens M, Illien, Luc, Roessner, Sigrid, Hovius, Niels

“…In active mountain belts with steep terrain, bedrock landsliding is a major erosional agent. In the Himalayas, landsliding is driven by annual…”
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Damage costs due to bedload transport processes in Switzerland by Badoux, A, Andres, N, Turowski, J. M

“…In Alpine regions, floods are often associated with erosion, transport and deposition of coarse sediment along the streams. These processes are related to…”
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River gorge eradication by downstream sweep erosion by Cook, Kristen L., Turowski, Jens M., Hovius, Niels

“…Rivers can respond to local surface uplift or depositional blockage by incision of a narrow channel, but the resulting gorges are often temporary features…”
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Sediment supply, grain protrusion, and bedload transport in mountain streams by Yager, E. M., Turowski, J. M., Rickenmann, D., McArdell, B. W.

“…Steep streams occupy a large fraction of mountainous drainage basins and partially control the sediment supplied to downstream rivers. In these channels,…”
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Evaluation of bedload transport predictions using flow resistance equations to account for macro-roughness in steep mountain streams by Nitsche, Manuel, Rickenmann, Dieter, Turowski, Jens M., Badoux, Alexandre, Kirchner, James W.

“…Steep mountain streams typically feature macro‐roughness elements like boulders, step‐pool sequences, and a varying channel width. Flow resistance because of…”
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Measuring Bed Load Transport Rates by Grain-Size Fraction Using the Swiss Plate Geophone Signal at the Erlenbach by Wyss, Carlos R, Rickenmann, Dieter, Fritschi, Bruno, Turowski, Jens M, Weitbrecht, Volker, Boes, Robert M

“…AbstractThe Swiss plate geophone system is a bed load surrogate monitoring technique that is used to quantify bed load transport in steep streams. The…”
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The impact of exceptional events on erosion, bedload transport and channel stability in a step-pool channel by Turowski, Jens M., Yager, Elowyn M., Badoux, Alexandre, Rickenmann, Dieter, Molnar, Peter

“…Sediment transport in the Erlenbach, a small stream with step‐pool morphology in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, has been monitored for more than 20 years…”
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Badland landscape response to individual geomorphic events by Yang, Ci-Jian, Turowski, Jens M., Hovius, Niels, Lin, Jiun-Chuan, Chang, Kuo-Jen

“…Landscapes form by the erosion and deposition of sediment, driven by tectonic and climatic forcing. The principal geomorphic processes of badland –…”
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A probabilistic framework for the cover effect in bedrock erosion by Turowski, Jens M, Hodge, Rebecca

“…The cover effect in fluvial bedrock erosion is a major control on bedrock channel morphology and long-term channel dynamics. Here, we suggest a probabilistic…”
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Response of bedrock channel width to tectonic forcing: Insights from a numerical model, theoretical considerations, and comparison with field data by Turowski, Jens M., Lague, Dimitri, Hovius, Niels

“…The morphology of bedrock river channels is controlled by climatic and tectonic conditions and substrate properties. Knowledge of tectonic controls remains…”
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Hillslope Sediment Supply Limits Alluvial Valley Width by Tofelde, Stefanie, Bufe, Aaron, Turowski, Jens M.

“…River‐valley morphology preserves information on tectonic and climatic conditions that shape landscapes. Observations suggest that river discharge and…”
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