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Managing editor: Tom Coulthard
Editors: Niels Hovius, Douglas Jerolmack, Andreas Lang, Heather Viles & A. Joshua West
eISSN: ESurf 2196-632X, ESurfD 2196-6338

Earth Surface Dynamics (ESurf) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of high-quality research on the physical, chemical, and biological processes shaping Earth's surface and their interactions on all scales.

The main subject areas of ESurf comprise field measurements, remote sensing, and experimental and numerical modelling of Earth surface processes, and their interactions with the lithosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and pedosphere. ESurf prioritizes studies with general implications for Earth surface science and especially values contributions that straddle discipline boundaries, enhance theory–observation feedback, and/or apply basic principles from physics, chemistry, or biology.

IF value: 4.336
IF4.336
IF 5-year value: 4.929
IF 5-year4.929
CiteScore value: 6.5
CiteScore6.5
h5-index value: 31
h5-index31

News

14 Feb 2023 Journal website facelift

In the coming days and weeks, readers of our journals will experience a facelift of our websites. Read more about the background.

14 Feb 2023 Journal website facelift

In the coming days and weeks, readers of our journals will experience a facelift of our websites. Read more about the background.

27 Jan 2023 New agreement between Jisc and Copernicus Publications

Copernicus Publications is delighted to announce a new agreement with the UK-based Jisc (Joint Information Systems Committee) to streamline open-access publishing for their members. Read more.

27 Jan 2023 New agreement between Jisc and Copernicus Publications

Copernicus Publications is delighted to announce a new agreement with the UK-based Jisc (Joint Information Systems Committee) to streamline open-access publishing for their members. Read more.

01 Sep 2022 Institutional agreement between ETH Domain institutions and Copernicus Publications

The ETH Domain institutions PSI, Empa, Eawag, WSL and Copernicus Publications have signed an agreement on the central settlement of article processing charges (APCs).

01 Sep 2022 Institutional agreement between ETH Domain institutions and Copernicus Publications

The ETH Domain institutions PSI, Empa, Eawag, WSL and Copernicus Publications have signed an agreement on the central settlement of article processing charges (APCs).

Recent papers

01 Jun 2023
Short communication: Concentrated impacts by tree canopy drips: hotspots of soil erosion in forests
Ayumi Katayama, Kazuki Nanko, Seonghun Jeong, Tomonori Kume, Yoshinori Shinohara, and Steffen Seitz
Earth Surf. Dynam. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2023-16,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2023-16, 2023
Preprint under review for ESurf (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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31 May 2023
Short Communication: Motivation for standardizing and normalizing inter-model comparison of computational landscape evolution models
Nicole M. Gasparini, Katherine R. Barnhart, and Adam M. Forte
Earth Surf. Dynam. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2023-17,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2023-17, 2023
Preprint under review for ESurf (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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24 May 2023
Mobile evaporite enhances the cycle of physical–chemical erosion in badlands
Ci-Jian Yang, Pei-Hao Chen, Erica D. Erlanger, Jens M. Turowski, Sen Xu, Tse-Yang Teng, Jiun-Chuan Lin, and Jr-Chuang Huang
Earth Surf. Dynam., 11, 475–486, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-475-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-475-2023, 2023
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15 May 2023
Revealing the relation between spatial patterns of rainfall return levels and landslide density
Slim Mtibaa and Haruka Tsunetaka
Earth Surf. Dynam., 11, 461–474, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-461-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-461-2023, 2023
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15 May 2023
Long Runout Landslides with Associated Longitudinal Ridges in Iceland as Analogues of Martian Landforms
Giulia Magnarini, Anya Champagne, Costanza Morino, Calvin Beck, Meven Philippe, Armelle Decaulne, and Susan J. Conway
Earth Surf. Dynam. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2023-13,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2023-13, 2023
Preprint under review for ESurf (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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Highlight articles

10 May 2023
| Highlight paper
Constraints on long-term cliff retreat and intertidal weathering at weak rock coasts using cosmogenic 10Be, nearshore topography and numerical modelling
Jennifer R. Shadrick, Dylan H. Rood, Martin D. Hurst, Matthew D. Piggott, Klaus M. Wilcken, and Alexander J. Seal
Earth Surf. Dynam., 11, 429–450, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-429-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-429-2023, 2023
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28 Feb 2023
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Multi-sensor monitoring and data integration reveal cyclical destabilization of the Äußeres Hochebenkar rock glacier
Lea Hartl, Thomas Zieher, Magnus Bremer, Martin Stocker-Waldhuber, Vivien Zahs, Bernhard Höfle, Christoph Klug, and Alessandro Cicoira
Earth Surf. Dynam., 11, 117–147, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-117-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-117-2023, 2023
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02 Dec 2022
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Size, shape and orientation matter: fast and semi-automatic measurement of grain geometries from 3D point clouds
Philippe Steer, Laure Guerit, Dimitri Lague, Alain Crave, and Aurélie Gourdon
Earth Surf. Dynam., 10, 1211–1232, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1211-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1211-2022, 2022
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04 Apr 2022
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Comparing the transport-limited and ξq models for sediment transport
Jean Braun
Earth Surf. Dynam., 10, 301–327, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-301-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-301-2022, 2022
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30 Sep 2021
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Escarpment retreat rates derived from detrital cosmogenic nuclide concentrations
Yanyan Wang and Sean D. Willett
Earth Surf. Dynam., 9, 1301–1322, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-1301-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-9-1301-2021, 2021
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Notice on the current situation in Ukraine

To show our support for Ukraine, all fees for papers from authors (first or corresponding authors) affiliated to Ukrainian institutions are automatically waived, regardless if these papers are co-authored by scientists affiliated to Russian and/or Belarusian institutions. The only exception will be if the corresponding author or first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) are from a Russian and/or Belarusian institution, in that case the APCs are not waived.

In accordance with current European restrictions, Copernicus Publications does not step into business relations with and issue APC-invoices (articles processing charges) to Russian and Belarusian institutions. The peer-review process and scientific exchange of our journals including preprint posting is not affected. However, these restrictions require that the first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) has an affiliation and invoice address outside Russia or Belarus.