[1] We compare morphologies of drainage basins on Mars and Earth in order to confine the formation process ofMartian valley networks. Basins on both planets are computationally extracted from digital topography. Integral-geometry methods are used to represent each basin by a circularity function that encapsulates its internal structure. The shape of such a function is an indicator of the style ...

Large-scale topographic analyses show that hemisphere-scale climate variations are a first-order control on the morphology of the Andes. Zonal atmospheric circulation in the Southern Hemisphere creates strong latitudinal precipitation gradients that, when incorporated in a generalized index of erosion intensity, predict strong gradients in erosion rates both along and across the Andes. Cross-ra...

Rising sea levels, subsidence, and decreased fluvial sediment load threaten river deltas their wetlands. However, the feedbacks between non-fluvial (marsh) deposition remain weakly constrained. We investigate how non-riverine, elevation-controlled typified by marshes impacts partitioning a delta's topset, coastal zone, foreset comparing delta experiment with proxy marsh accumulation to control....

Estuaries exhibit a large range in their responses to nitrogen loadings determined in part by characteristics of the driver, such as magnitude and frequency, but also by such intrinsic characteristics as physical/chemical factors (e.g., depth, volume, hypsometry, salinity, turbidity) and biological factors (e.g., nature of ecological communities, trophic interactions). To address the richness o...