Evaluation of the Paleodenudation Rates in the Mountains: Main Approaches and Results
https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587556620050076
Abstract
The article systematizes methods for studying modern and paleodenudation rates and summarizes the published data on the paleodenudation intensity obtained using 10Be and a set of methods for studying lake sediments for mountainous areas of different regions of the world. It has been shown that currently the most studied territories in terms of assessing paleodenudation rates are the European Alps, Tibet, the Rocky Mountains, and the Andes. Paleodenudation rates determined for river and lake catchments in various parts of the world vary over a wide range in the interval 2–3240 m/106 years. Similarly to the regularities revealed for modern denudation, there is a high correlation between the paleodenudation rates and the catchments slopes. Nevertheless, the local landscape features of specific river basins and their changes during the Holocene determine the spatial variability and dynamics of changes in the denudation rate over time. The role of human activity intensifies and leads to a 10 to 100-fold increase in the denudation of mountainous areas, primarily within the foothills and low mountains.
Supporting agencies: The section on 10Be was prepared within the framework of the state-ordered research theme of the Institute of Geography RAS, no. 0148-2019-0005. The work on remaining sections was financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 19-17-00181 (“Quantitative Assessment of the Slope Sediment Flux and Its Changes in the Holocene for the Caucasus Mountain Rivers”).
About the Authors
A. M. Grachev
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
V. N. Golosov
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences; Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Faculty of Geography
Moscow
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Grachev A.M., Golosov V.N. Evaluation of the Paleodenudation Rates in the Mountains: Main Approaches and Results. Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Geograficheskaya. 2020;84(5):704–714. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31857/S2587556620050076
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