Microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea, algae and fungi, colonize natural building
stones. Bacteria are among the most relevant colonizers, as they impact substrates in …

Abstract The Salt and Verde rivers, Sonoran Desert, USA, integrated multiple endorheic
extensional basins near the start of the Quaternary. Integration began via spillover on both …

Cattle stock ponds on the fringe of metropolitan Phoenix, USA, experienced a wide range of
land‐use changes over the period from 1989 to 2009. This research measures soil erosion …

The integration of field surveys, bibliographic research and multitemporal analysis of
historical maps, aerial photographs and satellite images in a GIS environment, allowed the …

Investigators seeking to solve the mystery of rock varnish formation have yet to embrace
hypothesis testing. Thus, this paper presents nine tests that assess the validity of the eight …

Urban Geomorphology: Landforms and Processes in Cities addresses the human impacts
on landscapes through occupation (urbanization) and development as a contribution to …

Langbein and Schumm (1958) connected precipitation to erosion in a right-skewed curve
used in earth science textbooks for over six decades, where denudation increases with …

Based on long-lasting multidisciplinary and multitemporal investigations, in 2016 the first
geomorphological map of the central area of Rome was presented. It introduced innovative …

Biological soil crusts (BSC) are associations of different macro and microorganisms and
aggregated soil particles located on the surface of soils in many different habitats. BSC …

The development of geomorphic theory regarding fluvial-system reorganization and
drainage basin evolution, resulting from drainage integration, has been slow to progress …