between erosion and tectonics has been a topic of debate since the early 1990s. While the tectonic effects on surface processes such as erosion have long...

area. Active tectonics also brings fresh, unweathered rock towards the surface, where it is exposed to the action of erosion. However, erosion can also affect...

erosional and weathering processes wear the land away by smoothing and reducing topographic features. The relationship of erosion and tectonics rarely (if...

Strike-slip tectonics is associated with the relative lateral movement of parts of the crust or the lithosphere. This type of tectonics is found along...

lateral erosion and undercutting occur on the cut bank or concave bank (the bank with the greater radius). Continuous deposition on the convex bank and erosion...

interactive plate-tectonic reconstructions Outline of plate tectonics – Hierarchical outline list of articles related to plate tectonics List of submarine...

Scholars debate about the extent to which erosion modifies the patterns of tectonic deformation (see erosion and tectonics). Thus, the final form of the majority...

natural levees will result in an avulsion. Rivers can also avulse due to the erosion of a new channel that creates a straighter path through the landscape....

artifacts from past civilizations could be found on the Moon and Mars, where erosion and tectonic activity are less likely to erase evidence. The concept of...

basin is not clear as there are differing views on the role of erosion and tectonics. Hudson Bay, including James Bay at its southern end, reaches within...

the deposition builds the point bar laterally into the river channel. Erosion on the outside of the meander usually closely balances deposition on the...

weathering and the formation of soils, sediment transport, landscape change, and the interactions between climate, tectonics, erosion, and deposition...

through erosion. River terraces can be influenced by one or both of these forcing mechanisms and therefore can be used to study variation in tectonics, climate...

and processes have been associated with subduction erosion: Extensional tectonics: Tectonic erosion is believed be a widespread phenomenon in northern...

driving forces of the rock cycle, plate tectonics and the water cycle, rocks do not remain in equilibrium and change as they encounter new environments...

Tectonic uplift is the geologic uplift of Earth's surface that is attributed to plate tectonics. While isostatic response is important, an increase in...

soil and vegetation and cannot be seen or examined closely. However, in places where the overlying cover is removed through erosion or tectonic uplift...

theory of plate tectonics of today. Several key characteristics define modern understanding of plate tectonics. The place where two tectonic plates meet is...

of tectonics may also lead to avulsion, in which a river abandons its own river channel in favor of forming a new one. Avulsion due to tectonics is most...

Earth are the result of plate tectonics. Mountain ranges are also found on many planetary mass objects in the Solar System and are likely a feature of most...

meters. A ridge can be either depositional, erosional, tectonic, or a combination of these in origin and can consist of either bedrock, loose sediment...

Sheet erosion or sheet wash is the even erosion of substrate along a wide area. It occurs in a wide range of settings such as coastal plains, hill slopes...

obduction occur, but such deposits are not continuous and can often be removed by erosion. As tectonic plates converge, the closing of an ocean will result...

volcanoes, earthquakes, and tectonic uplift can expose continental crust to the exogenous processes of weathering, erosion, and mass wasting. The effects...

Arun River. A tectonic aneurysm is an isolated zone of extreme uplift and exhumation rates. This forms when uplift from local tectonics are combined with...

depth is above average and the water velocity is below average. A stream pool may be bedded with sediment or armoured with gravel, and in some cases the pool...

the bar, and subsequently, this acceleration changes the sediment transport gradient over the bar triggering erosion on the upstream bar face and deposition...

limestone that the Acropolis is built upon is unstable because of the erosion and tectonic shifts that the region is prone to. This instability may cause rock...

spreading and plate tectonics in the years following World War II. The deep ocean floor is the last essentially unexplored frontier and detailed mapping...

upwelling of volcanic magma, extrusion of lava, plate tectonics movements, and erosion by water and glaciers. Volcanic plateaus are produced by volcanic...