Eric Kirby

TL;DR: In this article, a method for extracting topographic indices of longitudinal profi le shape and character from digital topographic data is described, which can then be used to delineate breaks in scaling that may be associated with tectonic boundaries.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an overview of the analysis and interpretation of channel profiles in erosional mountain ranges and show that existing data support theoretical expectations of positive, monotonic relationships between channel steepness index, a measure of channel gradient normalized for downstream increases in drainage area, and erosion rate at equilibrium, and that the transient response to perturbations away from equilibrium engenders specific spatial patterns in channel profiles that can be used to infer the forcing.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a simple theory for the impact of spatially variable rock-uplift rate on the concavity of bedrock river profiles in the Siwalik Hills of central Nepal.

TL;DR: In this article, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake ruptured the Longmen Shan margin of the eastern Tibetan plateau and caused ductile thickening of the deep crust in a weak (lowviscosity) layer.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the Cenozoic thermal histories of rocks along the eastern margin of the plateau adjacent to the Sichuan Basin in an effort to determine when the steep topographic escarpment that characterizes this margin developed.