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Toward a unified science of the Earth's surface: Opportunities for synthesis among hydrology, geomorphology, geochemistry, and ecology
Department of Geology and Geophysics and St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Department of Civil Engineering and St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Department of Civil Engineering and St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Department of Civil Engineering and St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
The Earth's surface is shaped by the interaction of tectonics, water, sediment, solutes, and biota over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales and across diverse environments. Development of a predictive science of Earth surface dynamics integrates many disciplines and approaches, including hydrology, geomorphology, ocean and atmospheric science, sedimentary and structural geology, geochemistry, and ecology. This paper discusses challenges, opportunities, and a few example problems that can serve as pathways toward this integration.
Received 13 June 2005; accepted 14 November 2005; published 30 March 2006.
Citation: (2006), Toward a unified science of the Earth's surface: Opportunities for synthesis among hydrology, geomorphology, geochemistry, and ecology, Water Resour. Res., 42, W03S10, doi:10.1029/2005WR004336.
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