Aeolian erosion and deposition
Wind can bring in new sediments and can scour and erode bedrock and loose material, affecting the mass balance of hillslopes.
Hillslopes
Hillslope creep
Many processes cause the rate of downslope motion of hillslope material to be proportional to the gradient (slope) of the hillside.
Hillslope diffusion
Balancing and conserving mass is the key to link discharge of mobile hillslope material to landscape form.
Introduction to Hillslopes and Hillslope Processes: Creep, Mass Wasting, and Diversity of Forms
Hillslopes are the most common landform on Earth. Here I take you through a tour of their shapes and the “creep” and “mass wasting” processes that casue them...
Hillslope mass balance
Balancing and conserving mass is the key to link discharge of mobile hillslope material to landscape form.
Mass Wasting
Mass-wasting processes, such as landslides and rockfalls, are mechanisms by which hillslopes can suddenly release material and change.
Mohr-Coulomb failure and landsliding
Landslides occur when driving forces, modified by slope and rainfall, overcome resisting forces, which depend on pore-fluid pressure and cohesive strength of...
Parabolic Hilltops
Why are hilltops round? More specifically, why are they parabolic?
Problem Set: Hillslopes
Problem set / lab (depending on whether “computer lab” = “real lab”) on hillslope diffusion and evolution alongside landsliding. 110 points total
Weathering, Dissolution, and Combined Hillslope Processes
Weathering, dissolution, and soil-production functions: linking the terms that together set rates of hillslope evolution.