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Nature 434, 961 (21 April 2005) | doi:10.1038/434961a; Published online 20 April 2005
Concept Striking a chord
Philip Allen1
- Philip Allen is in the Department of Earth Sciences, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Abstract
Landscapes: when perturbed by climatic and tectonic changes, landscapes resonate with a range of frequencies.
How is the physical form of a landscape linked to the wide array of processes that shape it? Such processes range from the patter of tiny raindrops, and the shuffling of beetles and rodents on hill slopes, to major slope failures that generate colossal debris flows, and cratering caused by the impacts of meteorites.
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