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Erosion Thresholds

Erosion Thresholds is a theoretical construct in geomorphology that denotes the minimum critical energy condition—such as shear stress, stream power, or land surface slope—required to initiate the detachment and transport of soil, sediment, or ice by erosional processes across glacial, fluvial, or hillslope environments.

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Topographic controls on erosion rates in tectonically active mountain ranges

David R. Montgomery, M. T. Brandon · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 2002 · 832 citations

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Parametrization of the increase of the aeolian erosion threshold wind friction velocity due to soil moisture for arid and semi-arid areas

F. Fécan, B. Marticoréna, G. Bergametti · Annales Geophysicae · 1999 · 623 citations · Full text

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Hillslope processes, drainage density, and landscape morphology

Gregory E. Tucker, Rafael L. Bras · Water Resources Research · 1998 · 623 citations · Full text

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Analysis of Erosion Thresholds, Channel Networks, and Landscape Morphology Using a Digital Terrain Model

W. E. Dietrich, Cathy J. Wilson, David R. Montgomery et al. · The Journal of Geology · 1993 · 414 citations

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Gully Erosion, Northwestern Colorado: A Threshold Phenomenon

Peter C. Patton, Stanley A. Schumm · Geology · 1975 · 350 citations

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    Carl L. Amos

    National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 350 citations

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    Gregory E. Tucker

    Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, United States

    6 publications · 1.3K citations

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    K. X. Whipple

    Arizona State University, United States

    5 publications · 708 citations

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    Ian G. Droppo

    Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada

    5 publications · 186 citations

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    Robert Grabowski

    Cranfield University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 83 citations

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  1. National Oceanography Centre

    Southampton, United Kingdom

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    9 publications

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  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

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    14 publications

    308 citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

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  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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    16 publications

    3K citations

  5. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    801 citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    657 citations

  7. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

    Boulder, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    422 citations

  8. Université Paris-Est Créteil

    Créteil, France

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    9 publications

    2.7K citations

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  3. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

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