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#geomorphology

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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Fluvial System Block Diagrams
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I was looking to understand a fluvial system the other day, up in the high Arctic, as I looked at 3DEP remote sensed elevation data… I have always been fascinated by the how geology, water, weather shapes a landscape, including erosion (aka geomorphology if you will) – and realized how very much value fluvial block diagrams have as we try to conceptualise what has, is and will happen(ed.)

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Planetary Ecologist

River bifurcation (Geomorphology 🏞️)

River bifurcation occurs when a river flowing in a single channel separates into two or more separate streams which then continue downstream. Some rivers form complex networks of distributaries, typically in their deltas. If the streams eventually merge again or empty into the same body of water, then the bifurca...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_bi

#RiverBifurcation#Hydrology#WaterStreams
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Planetary Ecologist

Evolution of deserts (Deserts 🏜️)

A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one-third of the land surface of the Earth is arid or semi-arid. This includes much of the polar regions, where little precipitatio...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutio

#EvolutionOfDeserts#Deserts#Ecosystems
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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Multispectral Remote Sensing Expression of Lineaments and Alteration Minerals in Part of Crystalline Rock Units of Southwestern Nigeria - Implication on Gold Prospecting
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doi.org/10.1016/j.oreoa.2025.1 <-- shared paper
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aerial oblique image - existing gold mine, Nigeria
geology/geomorphology map - Showing VES Positions Overlay on Mineral Prospective Map
(a) Lineament Map of the Study Area (b) Lineament Density Map of the Study Area (c) Superposition of Lineament on Geology Map of the Study Area
maps of remote sensing data - (a) Composite (RGB) 7, 5, 2 Image of the Study Area (b) Composite (RGB) 3, 2, 1 Image of the Study Area (c) Composite (RGB) 4, 3, 1 Image of the Study Area (d) Composite (RGB) 3, 2, 1 Image of the Study Area
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Planetary Ecologist

Erodibility (Geomorphology 🏞️)

Erodability is the inherent yielding or nonresistance of soils and rocks to erosion. A high erodibility implies that the same amount of work exerted by the erosion processes leads to a larger removal of material. Because the mechanics behind erosion depend upon the competence and coherence of the material, erodibility is treated in different ways depending on the type of surf...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erodibil

en.wikipedia.orgErodibility - Wikipedia
#Erodibility#Geomorphology#SoilMechanics
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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Scientists Uncover Evidence Of A Colossal MegaFlood That Refilled The Mediterranean Sea
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scitechdaily.com/scientists-un <-- shared technical article
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doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-019 <-- shared paper
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charts, photo & map - Ridge morphology
photo and 3D image/map - ridge outcrops
image - artistic interpretation of the flooding of the Mediterranean through the Strait of Gibraltar (A) and the Strait of Sicily (F) about 5.3 million years ago
seismic profiles and map - Buried erosional shelf channels upslope of Noto Canyon
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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Edge Of Mars’ Great Dichotomy Eroded Back By Hundreds Of Kilometres
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arstechnica.com/science/2025/0 <-- shared technical article
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dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024- <-- shared paper
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images - Morphological similarities between the stratigraphy in the mounds and the Mawrth Vallis plateau region
3D model, map, images and charts - Chemostratigraphy and morphostratigraphy of a well-exposed mound
3D map and cross section - Three-dimensional view of study area with stacked elevation profiles
image/map - the topography of Mars by the Mars Orbital Laser Altimeter (MOLA)
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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

I have been digging out my old copies of John McPhee's , dipping in, remembering what it was like to be a new , and how it has carried across into , , , , , , , , and so much more......
This one paragraph reminded me so strongly of that time,, although I cannot of course write as eloquently:
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"I used to sit in class and listen to the terms come floating down the room like paper airplanes. Geology was called a descriptive science, and with its pitted outwash plains and drowned rivers, its hanging tributaries and starved coastlines, it was nothing if not descriptive. It was a fountain of metaphor—of isostatic adjustments and degraded channels, of angular unconformities and shifting divides, of rootless mountains and bitter lakes..."

Book cover - Basin & Range, John McPhee
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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Postfire Debris-Flow Hazards
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usgs.gov/programs/landslide-ha <-- shared technical article / overview
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alturl.com/po3yj <-- USGS Post-Fire Debris Flow Hazard Assessment Viewer
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earthquake.usgs.gov/arcgis/res <-- Post-Fire Debris-Flow Hazards USGS spatial data / GIS Services
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@USGS

photo - A home damaged by the January 9, 2018 debris flow event in Montecito, California. The event was triggered by heavy rain on the Thomas Fire burn area above Montecito. This home is located near Buena Vista Creek.
screen shot centered on LA - USGS Post-Fire Debris Flow Hazard Assessment Viewer (web map)
photo - Debris Flow in Cable Canyon following the 2003 Old Fire in the San Bernardino Mountains, California
photo - Post-fire debris flow depositing ash and sediment on a steep hillside, 2021 Dixie Fire in northern CA
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