Unlike well-known plateaus associated with Cenozoic orogens, the Appalachian and Ozark Plateaus of eastern United States fringe foreland side a long inactive deeply eroded orogen. These intracratonic (FIPs), which are underlain by sub-horizontal cratonic-platform strata and, in places, foreland-basin strata, now lie 0.5–1.2 km above sea level, notably higher than adjacent fold-thrust belts. An ...

Abstract Crustal roots are identified in collision chains worldwide. Frequently mirroring the summits of mountain systems, they elegantly encapsulate concept isostasy. The rugged topography northern Iberia results from convergence with European plate during Alpine orogeny that formed Pyrenean-Cantabrian range. From east to west, range comprises three distinct parts: Pyrenees, Basque Cantabrian ...

Studies of Earth’s critical zone have largely focused on areas underlain by silicate bedrock, leaving gaps in our understanding widespread and vital carbonate-dominated landscapes.

Intense climate change and permafrost degradation impact northern watersheds ultimately organic carbon transfer from terrestrial to aquatic ecosystems. We investigated the contemporary dissolved (DOC) dynamics in a catchment underlain by discontinuous (Graviyka River, Siberia), where historical meteorological hydrological data are available since 1936. Mean annual air temperature (MAAT), contra...