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Dorothy J. Merritts
Researcher at Franklin & Marshall College
Publications - 60
Citations - 4648
Dorothy J. Merritts is an academic researcher from Franklin & Marshall College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Erosion & Sediment. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 49 publications receiving 4203 citations. Previous affiliations of Dorothy J. Merritts include Carleton College.
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Landscape response to tectonic forcing: Digital elevation model analysis of stream profiles in the Mendocino triple junction region, northern California
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate and calibrate the shear stress (or similar unit stream-power) bedrock-incision model by studying stream profiles in a tectonically active mountain range.
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Natural Streams and the Legacy of Water-Powered Mills
TL;DR: Findings show that most floodplains along mid-Atlantic streams are actually fill terraces, and historically incised channels are not natural archetypes for meandering streams.
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Long river profiles, tectonism, and eustasy: A guide to interpreting fluvial terraces
TL;DR: In this article, the Mendocino triple junction was studied and the authors found that lower reaches of the rivers are dominated by the effects of oscillating sea level, primarily aggradation and formation of fill terraces during sea level high stands, alternating with deep incision during low stands.
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Geomorphic response of coastal streams to low, intermediate, and high rates of uplift, Medocino triple junction region, northern California
TL;DR: In this paper, three-dimensional morphological properties of 24 coastal drainage basins that have evolved in areas of low ( 3 m/1,000 yr) rates of uplift near the Mendocino triple junction (MTJ), coastal northern California, identified channel gradients as the best indicator of tectonism in the landscape.
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Importance of a stochastic distribution of floods and erosion thresholds in the bedrock river incision problem
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the presence of an erosion threshold, when combined with a well-constrained, probabilistic model of storm and flood occurrence, has first-order implications for the dynamics of river incision in tectonically active areas.