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Erosion-Driven Stratigraphic Geomorphology

1911 - 1921

The early twentieth century geomorphology centers on erosion and degradational processes as key drivers of landscape evolution across climates, linking desert degradation, piedmont erosion cycles, and high-latitude landforms through sediment dynamics and stratigraphic context. Coastal and lacustrine geomorphology reveals shoreline and shoreface dynamics, cliff erosion, and lake-basin sedimentation, with marine contexts shaping landforms across continents. Mapping and landform description anchor early integrated geography approaches, combining geology with geographic reasoning and tectonic perspectives.

Erosion and degradational processes emerge as the central driver of landscape evolution across climates, linking desert degradation, piedmont erosion cycles, and high-latitude landforms through sediment dynamics and stratigraphic context [4], [7], [9], [15], [18].

Coastal and lacustrine geomorphology reveals regional shoreline and shoreface dynamics, with cliff erosion (Charmouth), lake-basin sedimentation (Lake Superior), and marine-geology contexts (south London, New Jersey) shaping landforms across continents [12], [15], [17], [20].

Regional geology is routinely framed with geography and tectonics to illuminate landform development across continents, exemplified by Northern Nigeria, West Somerset Rhætic deposits, Eyre Peninsula granitoids, and Mozambique outlines [2], [6], [13], [14], [16].

Mapping and landform description anchor early integrated geography approaches, combining landform mapping, applied geography, and geo-structural context to connect geology with broader geographic reasoning [2], [4], [6], [8].

Tectonics and Landscape Evolution

1922 - 1936

Tectonically Guided Geomorphology

1937 - 1966

Plate Tectonics Morphodynamics

1967 - 1978

Tectonics-Geomorphology Synthesis

1979 - 1985

Tectonics-Driven Geomorphology

1986 - 1992

Tectonics-Driven Geomorphology

1993 - 2007

Data-Driven Geomorphology Synthesis

2008 - 2014

GIS-Driven Landslide Modeling

2015 - 2023