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Broad surfaces called terraces preserve ancient river floodplains and landscape history up to hundreds of meters above the Fortymile River, a tributary of the Yukon River, in eastern Alaska. Researchers from the USGS, the University of Vermont, Purdue University and Utah State University publish definitive support that increases in sediment deposited to oceans from river erosion coincide with dramatic changes in glacial cycles. Credit: USGS

Geoscientist Aids Study of Climatic Change Impacts on River Erosion

July 25, 2020

Mekong River

New understanding of Mekong River incision

By analyzing centuries-old growth rings from trees in the Intermountain West, researchers at USU are extracting data about monthly streamflow trends from periods long before the early 1900s when recorded observations began.

Between the lines: Tree rings hold clues about a river’s past

Riverbed armor

How Rivers Resist Erosion

Rivers on three worlds tell different tales

Nile River

April 15, 2013

Middle East River Basin Has Lost Dead Sea-Sized Quantity of Water

February 14, 2013

River Delta

December 3, 2012

Underwater River of Mud and Sand Tells Tale of Climate Change...

January 28, 2012

A clearer picture of how rivers and deltas develop

September 15, 2011

New research shows rivers cut deep notches in the Alps’ broad...

September 15, 2011

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