Concepedia

Mountain Surface Processes

Mountain Surface Processes is a geomorphological concept that refers to the suite of physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms acting on mountain terrain to modify its surface form through weathering, erosion, transport, and deposition, distinguished by their high-energy dynamics and steep-gradient environments unique to alpine and orogenic regions.

265

Publications

17.7K

Citations

895

Authors

357

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

48

Variants

Mountain Surface Process

Parents

Publications

265

Bedrock incision, rock uplift and threshold hillslopes in the northwestern Himalayas

Douglas W. Burbank, John Leland, E. J. Fielding et al. · Nature · 1996 · 1.2K citations

, , +17

Topographic controls on erosion rates in tectonically active mountain ranges

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

, , +14

ALPINE3D: a detailed model of mountain surface processes and its application to snow hydrology

Michael Lehning, Ingo Völksch, David Gustafsson et al. · Hydrological Processes · 2006 · 495 citations

, , +17

Recent advances in permafrost modelling

Daniel W. Riseborough, N. I. Shiklomanov, Bernd Etzelmüller et al. · Permafrost and Periglacial Processes · 2008 · 464 citations

, , +17

Recent climatic change and catastrophic geomorphic processes in mountain environments

Stephen G. Evans, John J. Clague · Geomorphology · 1994 · 432 citations

, , +16

1–5 of 265

Authors

895

  1. JF
    John F. Shroder

    University of Nebraska at Omaha, United States

    5 publications · 156 citations

    5

    h-index

  2. MP
    Michael P. Bishop

    University of Nebraska at Omaha, United States

    5 publications · 156 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. RS
    Ritske S. Huismans

    University of Bergen, Norway

    4 publications · 252 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. PV
    Peter van der Beek

    Institut des Sciences de la Terre, France

    4 publications · 266 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. CR
    Claudio Rosenberg

    Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

    3 publications · 361 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 895

Institutions

357

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    34 publications

    3.4K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    11 h-index

    37 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. University of Potsdam

    Potsdam, Germany

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    1K citations

  5. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    705 citations

  6. Géosciences Rennes

    Rennes, France

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    1K citations

  8. Institut des Sciences de la Terre

    Grenoble, France

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    906 citations

1–8 of 357

Venues

  1. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    14 publications · 1.5K citations

    14

    h-index

  2. Mountain Research and Development

    12 publications · 385 citations

    11

    h-index

  3. Geomorphology

    11 publications · 723 citations

    10

    h-index

  4. Geology

    10 publications · 923 citations

    9

    h-index

  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 6 publications · 644 citations

    6

    h-index

1–5