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Table of Contents - Special Paper 398

Tectonics, Climate and Landscape Evolution

Edited by Sean D. Willett, Niels Hovius, Mark T. Brandon, Donald M. Fisher

Introduction
S.D. Willett, N. Hovius, M.T. Brandon, and D.M. Fisher		 vii

Weather, Climate, and Topography
1. Progress on the theory of orographic precipitation
R.B. Smith		 1
2. From weather to climate—Seasonal and interannual variability of storms and implications for erosion processes in the Himalaya
A.P. Barros, S. Chiao, T.J. Lang, D. Burbank, and J. Putkonen		 17
3. Spatial patterns of precipitation and topography in the Himalaya
A.M. Anders, G.H. Roe, B. Hallet, D.R. Montgomery, N.J. Finnegan, and J. Putkonen		 39
Inferring Tectonics and Climate Change from Topography
4. Tectonics from topography: Procedures, promise, and pitfalls
C. Wobus, K.X. Whipple, E. Kirby, N. Snyder, J. Johnson, K. Spyropolou, B. Crosby, and D. Sheehan		 55
5. Surface uplift and climate change: The geomorphic evolution of the Western Escarpment of the Andes of northern Chile between the Miocene and present
F. Kober, F. Schlunegger, G. Zeilinger, and H. Schneider		 75
6. The application of drainage system analysis in constraining spatial patterns of uplift in the Coastal Cordillera of northern Chile
A.E. Mather and A.J. Hartley		 87
7. Influence of incision rate, rock strength, and bedload supply on bedrock river gradients and valley-flat widths: Field-based evidence and calibrations from western Alpine rivers (southeast France)
G.Y. Brocard and P.A. van der Beek		 101
Transport Processes and Fluxes
8. Numerical modeling of non–steady-state river profile evolution using a sediment-flux-dependent incision model
N.M. Gasparini, R.L. Bras, and K.X. Whipple		 127
9. Changes of bedload characteristics along the Marsyandi River (central Nepal): Implications for understanding hillslope sediment supply, sediment load evolution along fluvial networks, and denudation in active orogenic belts
M. Attal and J. Lavé		 143
10. Escarpment erosion and landscape evolution in southeastern Australia
A.M. Heimsath, J. Chappel, R.C. Finkel, K. Fifield, and A. Alimanovic		 173
11. A parametric study of soil transport mechanisms
F. Herman and J. Braun		 191
Coupled Models of Tectonics, Climate, and Erosion
12. Influence of erosion on the kinematics of bivergent orogens: Results from scaled sandbox simulations
S. Hoth, J. Adam, N. Kukowski, and O. Oncken		 201
13. Response of a steady-state critical wedge orogen to changes in climate and tectonic forcing
G.H. Roe, D.B. Stolar, and S.D. Willett		 227
14. Climatic and tectonic forcing of a critical orogen
D.B. Stolar, S.D. Willett, and G.H. Roe		 241
15. First-order topography over blind thrusts
M.A. Ellis and A.L. Densmore		 251
16. Influence of erosion and deposition on deformation in fold belts
G. Simpson		 267
17. Long-term evolution of tectonic lakes: Climatic controls on the development of internally drained basins
D. Garcia-Castellanos		 283
18. Knickpoints and hillslope failures: Interactions in a steady-state experimental landscape
A. Bigi, L.E. Hasbargen, A. Montanari, and C. Paola		 295
Geochemical Proxies of Topography and Erosion
19. Stable isotopic evidence for a pre–late Miocene elevation gradient in the Great Plains–Rocky Mountain region, USA
D.J. Sjostrom, M.T. Hren, T.W. Horton, J.R. Waldbauer, and C.P. Chamberlain		 309
20. Downstream development of a detrital cooling-age signal: Insights from 40Ar/39Ar muscovite thermochronology in the Nepalese Himalaya
I.D. Brewer, D.W. Burbank, and K.V. Hodges		 321
21. The geochemistry of rivers in tectonically active areas of Taiwan and New Zealand
A.E. Carey, S.-J. Kao, D.M. Hicks, C.A. Nezat, and W.B. Lyons		 339
Field Studies of Tectonics, Climate, and Landscapes
22. Active tectonics in the Subandean belt inferred from the morphology of the Rio Pilcomayo (Bolivia)
J.-L. Mugnier, D. Becel, and D. Granjeon		 353
23. Tectonically driven exhumation of a young orogen: An example from the southern Apennines, Italy
M. Schiattarella, P. Di Leo, P. Beneduce, S.I. Giano, and C. Martino		 371
24. Slow, patchy landscape evolution in northern Sweden despite repeated ice-sheet glaciation
A.P. Stroeven, J. Harbor, D. Fabel, J. Kleman, C. Hättestrand, D. Elmore, D. Fink, and O. Fredin		 387
25. Facing reality: Late Cenozoic evolution of smooth peaks, glacially ornamented valleys, and deep river gorges of Colorado’s Front Range
R.S. Anderson, C.A. Riihimaki, E.B. Safran, and K.R. MacGregor		 397
26. Mountain fronts, base-level fall, and landscape evolution: Insights from the southern Rocky Mountains
K.L. Frankel and F.J. Pazzaglia		 419
Index 435