Articles | Volume 6, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-595-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-6-595-2018
Research article
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26 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 26 Jul 2018

Tectonic controls of Holocene erosion in a glaciated orogen

Byron A. Adams and Todd A. Ehlers

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Short summary
Where alpine glaciers were active in the past, they have created scenic landscapes that are likely in the process of morphing back into a form that it more stable with today's climate regime and tectonic forces. By looking at older erosion rates from before the time of large alpine glaciers and erosion rates since deglaciation in the Olympic Mountains (USA), we find that the topography and erosion rates have not drastically changed despite the impressive glacial valleys that have been carved.