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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-463-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-3-463-2015
Research article
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06 Oct 2015
Research article |  | 06 Oct 2015

The periglacial engine of mountain erosion – Part 2: Modelling large-scale landscape evolution

D. L. Egholm, J. L. Andersen, M. F. Knudsen, J. D. Jansen, and S. B. Nielsen

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We incorporate relations between climate, sediment thickness and periglacial processes quantified in the accompanying paper into a landscape evolution model. This allows us to time-integrate the periglacial contribution to mountain topography on million-year time scales. It is a robust result of our simulations that periglacial processes lead to topographic smoothing. Owing to the climate dependency, this smoothing leads to formation of low-relief surfaces at altitudes controlled by temperature.