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Broad surfaces called terraces preserve ancient river floodplains and landscape history up to hundreds of meters above the Fortymile River, a tributary of the Yukon River, in eastern Alaska. Researchers from the USGS, the University of Vermont, Purdue University and Utah State University publish definitive support that increases in sediment deposited to oceans from river erosion coincide with dramatic changes in glacial cycles. Credit: USGS

Geoscientist Aids Study of Climatic Change Impacts on River Erosion

Geology Page - July 25, 2020

Mekong River

New understanding of Mekong River incision

By analyzing centuries-old growth rings from trees in the Intermountain West, researchers at USU are extracting data about monthly streamflow trends from periods long before the early 1900s when recorded observations began.

Between the lines: Tree rings hold clues about a river’s past

Riverbed armor

How Rivers Resist Erosion

Rivers on three worlds tell different tales

Amazon River no younger than 9 million years

Geology Page - March 21, 2017

Rock layers preserve record of ancient sea tides near Blythe, California

Geology Page - December 9, 2016

Mississippi River could leave farmland stranded

Geology Page - November 15, 2016

Antarctica’s “Upside-Down Rivers”

Geology Page - June 5, 2016

Sudden shifts in the course of a river on a delta...

Geology Page - May 21, 2016

Chemical weathering controls erosion rates in rivers

Geology Page - April 15, 2016

World’s large river deltas continue to degrade from human activity

Geology Page - February 24, 2016

Cracking the problem of river growth

Geology Page - November 6, 2015

New Research Finds Amazonian Natives Had Little Impact on Land

Geology Page - October 28, 2015

Eruptions impact on world’s rivers

Geology Page - October 5, 2015

Predicting the shape of river deltas

Geology Page - July 23, 2015

Engineering a better future for the Mississippi Delta

Geology Page - April 29, 2015

Japurá River

Geology Page - March 25, 2015

How rivers creep, flow to shape landscapes over time

Geology Page - March 10, 2015

Panj River

Geology Page - March 9, 2015

Amu Darya River

Geology Page - February 19, 2015

Padma River

Geology Page - February 15, 2015

What is the longest river in the world?

Geology Page - February 3, 2015

Hooghly River

Geology Page - January 15, 2015

Ganges River

Geology Page - January 14, 2015

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Ruapehu Volcano

Tidal cycles could help predict volcanic eruptions

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Fossil site shows impact of early Jurassic’s low oxygen oceans

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Yarlung Tsangpo River

November 17, 2014

World’s Rarest Minerals Cataloged

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