Mountains, erosion and the carbon cycle

RG Hilton, AJ West - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Mountain building results in high erosion rates and the interaction of rocks with the
atmosphere, water and life. Carbon transfers that result from increased erosion could control …

The fate of terrestrial organic carbon in the marine environment

NE Blair, RC Aller - Annual review of marine science, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Understanding the fate of terrestrial organic carbon (C org) delivered to oceans by rivers is
critical for constraining models of biogeochemical cycling and Earth surface evolution. C org …

Rock organic carbon oxidation CO2 release offsets silicate weathering sink

JR Zondervan, RG Hilton, M Dellinger, FJ Clubb… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Mountain uplift and erosion have regulated the balance of carbon between Earth's interior
and atmosphere, where prior focus has been placed on the role of silicate mineral …

Global carbon export from the terrestrial biosphere controlled by erosion

V Galy, B Peucker-Ehrenbrink, T Eglinton - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Riverine export of particulate organic carbon (POC) to the ocean affects the atmospheric
carbon inventory over a broad range of timescales,,,,. On geological timescales, the balance …

High rates of rock organic carbon oxidation sustained as Andean sediment transits the Amazon foreland-floodplain

M Dellinger, RG Hilton, JJ Baronas… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The oxidation of organic carbon contained within sedimentary rocks (“petrogenic” carbon, or
hereafter OCpetro) emits nearly as much CO2 as is released by volcanism, thereby playing …

A tenfold slowdown in river meander migration driven by plant life

A Ielpi, MGA Lapôtre - Nature Geoscience, 2020 - nature.com
Meandering rivers are diagnostic landforms of hydrologically active planets, and their
migration regulates the continental component of biogeochemical cycles that stabilize …

The age of river‐transported carbon: A global perspective

TR Marwick, F Tamooh, CR Teodoru… - Global …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The role played by river networks in regional and global carbon (C) budgets is receiving
increasing attention. Despite the potential of radiocarbon measurements (Δ14C) to elucidate …

Pre-aged soil organic carbon as a major component of the Yellow River suspended load: Regional significance and global relevance

S Tao, TI Eglinton, DB Montluçon, C McIntyre… - Earth and Planetary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Large rivers connect the continents and the oceans, and corresponding material fluxes have
a global impact on marine biogeochemistry. The Yellow River transports vast quantities of …

Erosion by an Alpine glacier

F Herman, O Beyssac, M Brughelli, SN Lane… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Assessing the impact of glaciation on Earth's surface requires understanding glacial erosion
processes. Developing erosion theories is challenging because of the complex nature of the …

Source-to-sink sedimentary systems and global carbon burial: A river runs through it

EL Leithold, NE Blair, KW Wegmann - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Source to sink sedimentary systems are important settings of carbon cycling, serving as sites
of carbon transfer between terrestrial and marine reservoirs, and as the primary locations for …