Article
Environmental Sciences
Horacio Garcia
Summary: The gradient characteristics of bedrock rivers in the Courel Mountains Geopark were examined, revealing the presence of numerous knickzones and their relationship with environmental factors. Bedrock rivers have high ecological, scenic, landscape, and recreational value.
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Niroj Shrestha, Nahid D. Gani
Summary: Research on the Bengal Basin primarily focuses on its geologic evolution and anthropogenic effects, but there is limited research on the geomorphic response to tectonic activity. This study investigates the river response to ongoing tectonics in the Chittagong Tripura Fold Belt and Indo-Burman Range by analyzing channel geomorphic metrics and river profile forms. The results show that the major rivers and their tributaries are in a transient state related to the region's ongoing tectonics.
GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Vincenzo Siervo, Eva Pescatore, Salvatore Ivo Giano
Summary: Increasing knowledge in computer algorithms for calculating morphometric properties of the Earth's surface has led to the development of many semi-automated methods for extracting and classifying landforms. The use of digital elevation models (DEMs) and specific algorithms in GIS applications has made it easier and faster to recognize landform classes. This paper presents a new toolbox based on Jenness's landform classification, with revisions to the standard landform classes extracted by GIS. The toolbox allows for the extraction of 48 landform classes and refines the classification of landform features in different natural landscapes.
ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Aldo Febriansyah Putra, Piyaphong Chenrai
Summary: This study evaluated the relative tectonic activity of the Northern Sumatran Fault using geomorphic indices. The results showed alternating moderate and high tectonic activities along the fault, with a decrease in activity towards the north. The distribution of seismicity coincided with the variation in relative tectonic activity, suggesting long-term tectonic deformation of the fault.
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yiqi Ji, Shengrui Su, Zhiheng Liu, Qiangbing Huang
Summary: The study of the middle reaches of the upstream of Jinsha River based on tectonic geomorphology provides insights into the tectonic transition and active tectonics in the region. Geomorphic indices were calculated and analyzed, indicating strong tectonic activities in certain areas and a rapid uplift of the region.
GEOLOGICAL JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Sana Khan, Kirstie A. Fryirs, Samuel Shumack
Summary: This paper presents a semi-automated GIS approach for rapid and accurate extraction of geomorphic controls at catchment scales. Workflow, tools, and validation methods are provided to facilitate the application of this approach, highlighting the importance of investigating DEM quality, strategic algorithm selection, and validation of drainage network outputs.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Shuang Yuan, Qiang Xu, Kuanyao Zhao, Xuan Wang, Qi Zhou, Wanlin Chen, Chuanhao Pu, Huajin Li, Pinglang Kou
Summary: This study used mathematical morphology and remote sensing images to interpret the evolutionary process of loess tablelands, loess ridges, and loess hills in the Heshui County watershed. By analyzing the geomorphic characteristics and parameters, the study established classification criteria and quantified the evolutionary pattern of LT-LR-LH landforms. The findings provide new insights into the evolution of loess landforms and the disappearance of loess tablelands.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Behrooz Ferdowsi, John D. Gartner, Kerri N. Johnson, Alan Kasprak, Kimberly L. Miller, William Nardin, Alejandra C. Ortiz, Alejandro Tejedor
Summary: The study of Earth surface processes has evolved from descriptive to quantitative science, with increasing importance of geomorphic forecasts due to technological advancements and climate change. Developing socially relevant forecasts of Earth surface change, known as earthcasting, involves generating clear, testable predictions with quantitative uncertainties and engaging stakeholders and the public to evaluate socioeconomic impacts. Earthcasts bridge the gap between researchers and decision-makers, emphasizing the social benefit of geomorphology research.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Zeynep Kezer, Erman Ozsayin
Summary: This study investigates the relative tectonic activity among the fault segments of the Kütahya Graben using geomorphic indices. The results indicate higher uplift rates and tectonic activity for the southern margin of the graben, suggesting the need for further attention in terms of regional seismic hazard.
TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Nguyen Anh Duong, Vu Van Chinh
Summary: Geomorphological analysis was conducted to investigate the tectonic fault in North Central Vietnam, revealing moderate to weak modern activity of most faults with only a few segments showing strong activity. Displacement and slip data analysis helped identify the strike-slip tectonic stress state of Pliocene-Quaternary period in this area, providing new insights into the contemporary crustal stress orientation of North Central Vietnam and potential seismic hazards assessment.
GEOSCIENCES JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Manash Pratim Gogoi, Bikash Gogoi, Soumyajit Mukherjee
Summary: This study examines the geomorphic changes in the southeast frontier of the Brahmaputra river valley in northeast India through remote sensing studies. The study identifies the formation of a palaeostream and the shifting of the Lohit river as significant geomorphic observations, which are related to recent tectonic activities and movements along the fault systems.
JOURNAL OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Ashish Rawat, Sayandeep Banerjee, Yaspal Sundriyal, Virendra Rana
Summary: This study assessed the relative tectonic activity of the Garhwal synform using geomorphic features, resulting in a classification of different river basins based on their tectonic activity. The study also analyzed longitudinal profiles, precipitation and temperature variability, and historical seismic events to understand the influence of tectonic activities on landscape evolution.
JOURNAL OF EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE
(2022)
Editorial Material
Environmental Sciences
Amy E. East, Jonathan A. Warrick, Dongfeng Li, Joel B. Sankey, Margaret H. Redsteer, Ann E. Gibbs, Jeffrey A. Coe, Patrick L. Barnard
Summary: This commentary discusses the challenges of measuring climate-driven physical landscape responses to modern global warming and efforts to improve attribution practices. It suggests learning from historical and paleo data, selecting sensitive study sites, and reporting null results to better understand and manage the effects of climate change on landscapes.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Monica Giona Bucci, Lindsay M. Schoenbohm
Summary: This study designed a workflow to investigate potential areas of neotectonic deformation using well-developed techniques, despite the site having low relief and low to moderate tectonic activity. The results showed that the combination of cluster analysis, detailed morphometric analysis, and mapping known structural features could efficiently identify neotectonic activity in such areas. Additionally, the research extended the application of morphometric analysis to regions with low relief and tectonic activity levels.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Stephen Addy, Mark E. Wilkinson
Summary: Lowering flood embankments on the River Dee in Scotland improved hydrogeomorphic connectivity between the river channel and floodplain, resulting in channel aggradation, bank erosion, and gravel deposition. Monitoring showed that this targeted action increased floodplain water levels and decreased the threshold river discharge for backwater connection, enhancing future catchment resilience. Such interventions may benefit water storage and biogeochemical processing in the long term.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
F. Avila, E. Puertas, J. M. Azanon, R. Gallego
Summary: This study focuses on the applicability of the free-free resonance method to evaluate the mechanical properties of carbonate rocks. The nondestructive evaluation, combined with petrographic characterization and compression tests, provides insights into the relationships between mechanical properties and the impact of porosity and moisture content on rock behavior.
MATERIALES DE CONSTRUCCION
(2022)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Eloise Bessiere, Stephane Scaillet, Romain Augier, Laurent Jolivet, Jose Miguel Azanon, Guillermo Booth-Rea, Adrien Romagny, Florian Duval
Summary: This article addresses the issue of interpreting geochronologic data in the Betic-Rif orogen. Through 40Ar/39Ar dating of white mica samples, it reveals a HP event in the Early Eocene (around 38 million years ago) and a regional stage of exhumation at 20 million years ago. This study provides compelling evidence for overcoming the problem of extensive late-orogenic overprinting.
Editorial Material
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Antonio Azor, Fernando Simancas, David Martinez Poyatos, Francisco Gonzalez Lodeiro
Summary: The study focuses on the post-metamorphic folding and faulting of the central unit at the boundary between Ossa-Morena and Central Iberian Zone, suggesting that the rocks in the central unit do not exhibit a flat-lying attitude but a NE-dipping tectonic/lithological layering. The kinematics of the highly-dipping Azuaga Fault, which limits to the SW the central unit, does not contribute to uplift the Central Unit rocks during the late Variscan evolution.
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Antonio J. Rueda-Ruiz, Carlos J. Ogayar-Anguita, Rafael J. Segura-Sanchez, Juan A. Bejar-Martos, Jorge Delgado-Garcia
Summary: The widespread use of LiDAR technology has resulted in a growing availability of massive high-resolution point datasets, requiring new approaches for efficient organization, storage, filtering, visualization, processing, and analysis. SPSLiDAR is a conceptual model with a simple interface for LiDAR data repositories that can be adapted to different applications, allowing the arrangement of related datasets into global workspaces, support for overlapping datasets with different resolutions, and hierarchical organization of point data.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Laura Gomez de la Pena, Cesar R. Ranero, Eulalia Gracia, Guillermo Booth-Rea, Jose Miguel Azanon, Umberta Tinivella, Abdelkarim Yelles-Chaouche
Summary: A single plate boundary fault system in the western Mediterranean, which represents an underappreciated seismic and tsunami hazard, has been identified. The current diffuse-strain model of plate collision in the region is untested due to most deformation occurring underwater. By analyzing active offshore fault systems, the slip of the fault system and its hazard level have been estimated.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Esteban Bravo-Lopez, Tomas Fernandez Del Castillo, Chester Sellers, Jorge Delgado-Garcia
Summary: This study explores a machine learning method to evaluate susceptibility to rotational landslides in an area near Cuenca city, Ecuador. Five landslide susceptibility maps were generated using an artificial neural network multilayer perceptron and different backpropagation algorithms. The results showed a high degree of landslide susceptibility in the study area.
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Cristina Accotto, Antonio Azor, David Martinez Poyatos, Antonio Pedrera, Francisco Gonzalez Lodeiro
Summary: The Ossa-Morena Zone is a Gondwana-related terrane composed mainly of Cambrian rocks. U-Pb dating of zircon grains from 15 samples revealed the absence of a significant Stenian-early Tonian population in the Cambrian Ossa-Morena rocks, in contrast to the results from middle Ordovician-Lower Devonian rocks in the same area. This suggests a change in the paleogeographic/paleotectonic evolution of the Ossa-Morena Zone during the late Ediacaran-early Ordovician period, possibly involving an eastward displacement and a reorganization of drainage systems.
Article
Engineering, Geological
Cristina Reyes-Carmona, Jorge Pedro Galve, Jose Vicente Perez-Pena, Marcos Moreno-Sanchez, David Alfonso-Jorde, Daniel Ballesteros, Davide Torre, Jose Miguel Azanon, Rosa Maria Mateos
Summary: This study improves landslide mapping by integrating data from Differential Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) and Landscape Analysis using the normalised channel steepness index (k(sn)). The case study area is the southwestern sector of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Southern Spain. By proposing the double normalised steepness (k(snn)) index, the active tectonics signal is removed, and the DInSAR analysis highlights the slopes of interest. This study provides a new inventory of 28 landslides, revealing a higher landslide area compared to previous mapping methods.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Rosa Maria Mateos, Roberto Sarro, Andres Diez-Herrero, Cristina Reyes-Carmona, Juan Lopez-Vinielles, Pablo Ezquerro, Monica Martinez-Corbella, Guadalupe Bru, Juan Antonio Luque, Anna Barra, Pedro Martin, Agustin Millares, Miguel Ortega, Alejandro Lopez, Jorge Pedro Galve, Jose Miguel Azanon, Susana Pereira, Pedro Pinto Santos, Jose Luis Zezere, Eusebio Reis, Ricardo A. C. Garcia, Sergio Cruz Oliveira, Arnaud Villatte, Anne Chanal, Muriel Gasc-Barbier, Oriol Monserrat
Summary: Coastal regions in Southwest Europe have undergone significant changes due to tourism-related urban development, making them highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. This study analyzed extreme weather events along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of Southwest Europe from 2009 to 2020, quantifying their impacts on fatalities, injuries, and economic losses. The results showed an upward trend in the number of events, as well as human losses and damages. The Mediterranean coast, especially the Spanish Mediterranean coast, had a higher exposure due to rapid tourism growth and inadequate preparation for marine storms.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Geological
Francisco Javier Manzano, Francisco Lamas, Jose Miguel Azanon
Summary: This study presents and discusses the stress-strain behavior of overconsolidated clay samples from Campo de Gibraltar Flysch Through Domain in South Spain. The samples were identified and classified following ASTM standards, and their chemical and mineralogical composition were determined using chemical and X-ray techniques. The samples were tested under triaxial and oedometric conditions, and a comparison was made between different constitutive models and real testing data using the finite-elements method. The results indicate that the Hardening Soil constitutive model provides a better fit than the Modified Cam-Clay model, especially for lower strain values (<5%). These findings are important for the design of the Strait of Gibraltar tunnel project.
Article
Environmental Studies
Esteban Bravo-Lopez, Tomas Fernandez Del Castillo, Chester Sellers, Jorge Delgado-Garcia
Summary: In this research, Machine Learning (ML) methods were used to select the most important factors for evaluating the susceptibility to rotational landslides in the surrounding area of Cuenca, Ecuador. The results showed that ML methods can effectively predict landslide occurrence with high accuracy and highlight the importance of certain conditioning factors in landslide susceptibility.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Maria Camila Herrera-Coy, Laura Paola Calderon, Ivan Leonardo Herrera-Perez, Paul Esteban Bravo-Lopez, Christian Conoscenti, Jorge Delgado, Mario Sanchez-Gomez, Tomas Fernandez
Summary: Landslide occurrence in Colombia is frequent due to its geographical location, with steep and complex terrain. The study area around the Bogota-Villavicencio road is one of the regions with the highest concentration of landslides. A detailed analysis of 2506 landslides reveals five basic typologies and landslide susceptibility models have been made using different methods and input factors. The results show that machine learning methods, especially random forest, are the most suitable, with high accuracy and success rates. An integrated landslide susceptibility map has been created based on geological control.
