MIT Surface Processes: Publications

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In review

Royden, L. and J.T. Perron, Solutions of the stream power equation and application to the evolution of longitudinal river profiles. J. Geophys. Res., in review.

*Ferrier, K.L., J.T. Perron, S. Mukhopadhyay, M. Rosener, J.D. Stock, *K.L. Huppert and *M. Slosberg, Covariation of climate and long-term erosion rates across a steep rainfall gradient on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i. GSA Bulletin, in review.

*Sori, M., J.T. Perron, P. Huybers and O. Aharonson, A procedure for testing the significance of orbital tuning of the Martian polar layered deposits. Icarus, in review.

*Black, B.A., J.T. Perron, S.L. Drummond and D.M. Burr, Estimating erosional exhumation on Titan from drainage network morphology. J. Geophys. Res., in review.

Perron, J.T., *P.W. Richardson, *K.L. Ferrier, and M. Lapôtre, The root of branching river networks, in review.

*Toomey, M., A.D. Ashton and J.T. Perron, Sea-level and environmental control of large-scale coral reef morphology, submitted.

*Slim, M., J.T. Perron, S.J. Martel and K. Singha, Influence of topographic stress on rock fracture: A two-dimensional numerical model for arbitrary surface topography and comparisons with borehole observations. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, in review.

Limaye, A.B.S., O. Aharonson and J.T. Perron, Detailed stratigraphy and bed thickness of the Mars north and south polar layered deposits, J. Geophys. Res., in review.

Burr, D.M., J.T. Perron, M.P. Lamb, R.P. Irwin, G.C. Collins, A.D. Howard, L.S. Sklar, J.M. Moore, M. Adamkovics, V.R. Baker, S.A. Drummond and B.A. Black, Fluvial features on Titan: Insights from morphology and modeling. GSA Bull., in review.

Lee, J.-E. et al. Reduction of precipitation variability by transpiration from plants, in review.

In print or in press

Aharonson, O., A.G. Hayes, R. Lopes, A. Lucas, P. Hayne and J.T. Perron (2012), Titan's Surface Geology. In Titan: Surface, Atmosphere and Magnetosphere, edited by I. Mueller-Wodarg, C. Griffith, E. Lellouch, and T. Cravens, Cambridge University Press, in press.

Lamb, M.P., W.W. Fischer, T.D. Raub, J.T. Perron and P.M. Myrow (2012), Origin of giant wave ripples in Snowball Earth cap carbonates. Geology, in press.

Pelletier, J.D. and J.T. Perron (2012), Analytic solution for the morphology of a soil-mantled valley undergoing steady headward growth: Validation using case studies in southeastern Arizona. J. Geophys. Res., in press.

Perron, J.T. and *J. Hamon (2012), Equilibrium form of horizontally retreating, soil-mantled hillslopes: Model development and application to a groundwater sapping landscape. J. Geophys. Res., 117, F01027, doi:10.1029/2011JF002139.

*Blackburn, T.J., S.A. Bowring, J.T. Perron, K.H. Mahan, F.O. Dudas and K.R. Barnhart (2012), An exhumation history of continents over billion-year time scales, Science, 335, 73-76. [link]

Perron, J.T. and S. Fagherazzi (2012). The legacy of initial conditions in landscape evolution. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 37, 52-63, doi:10.1002/esp.2205.

Perron, J.T. (2011). Numerical methods for nonlinear hillslope transport laws. J. Geophys. Res., 116, F02021, doi:10.1029/2010JF001801.

Perron, J.T., J.W. Kirchner and W.E. Dietrich (2009). Formation of evenly spaced ridges and valleys. Nature, 460, 502-505. (News & Views by K.X. Whipple )

Booth, A., J. Roering and J.T. Perron (2009). Automated landslide mapping using spectral analysis and high-resolution topographic data: Puget Sound lowlands, Washington, and Portland Hills, Oregon. Geomorphology, 109, 132-147.

Perron, J.T. and P. Huybers (2009). Is there an orbital signal in the polar layered deposits on Mars? Geology, 37, 155-158, doi:10.1130/G25143A.1.

Kite, E.S., I. Matsuyama, M. Manga, J.T. Perron and J.X. Mitrovica (2009). True polar wander driven by late-stage volcanism and the distribution of paleopolar deposits on Mars. EPSL, 280, 254-267.

Perron, J.T., W.E. Dietrich and J.W. Kirchner (2008). Controls on the spacing of first-order valleys. J. Geophys. Res., 113, F04016, doi:10.1029/2007JF000977.

Perron, J.T., J.W. Kirchner and W.E. Dietrich (2008). Spectral evidence of characteristic spatial scales and non-fractal structure in landscapes. J. Geophys. Res., 113, F04003, doi:10.1029/2007JF000866.

Daradich, A., J.X. Mitrovica, I. Matsuyama, J.T. Perron, M. Manga and M.A. Richards (2008). Rotational stability and figure of Mars. Icarus, 194, 463–475.

Dietrich, W.E., J. McKean, D. Bellugi and J.T. Perron (2008). The prediction of shallow landslide location and size using a multidimensional landslide analysis in a digital terrain model. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation.

Roering, J.J., J.T. Perron and J.W. Kirchner (2007). Functional relationships between denudation and hillslope form and relief. EPSL, 264, 245-258.

Perron, J.T., J.X. Mitrovica, M. Manga, I. Matsuyama and M.A. Richards (2007). Evidence of an ancient martian ocean in the topography of deformed shorelines. Nature, 447, 840-843. (News & Views by M.T. Zuber )

Lamb, M.P., A.D. Howard, W.E. Dietrich and J.T. Perron (2007). Formation of amphitheater-headed valleys by waterfall erosion after large-scale slumping on Hawai'i, GSA Bulletin, 119, 805-822.

Perron, J.T., M.P. Lamb, C.D. Koven, I.Y. Fung, E. Yager and M. Adamkovics (2006). Valley formation and methane precipitation rates on Titan. J. Geophys. Res., 111, E11001, doi:10.1029/2005JE002602.

Dietrich, W.E. and J. T. Perron (2006). The search for a topographic signature of life. Nature, 439, 411-418.

Matsuyama, I., J.X. Mitrovica, M. Manga, J. T. Perron and M.A. Richards (2006). Rotational stability of dynamic planets with elastic lithospheres. J. Geophys. Res., 111, E02003, doi:10.1029/2005JE002447.

Lamb, M.P., A.D. Howard, J. Johnson, K. Whipple, W.E. Dietrich and J.T. Perron (2006). Can springs cut canyons into rock? J. Geophys. Res., 111, E07002, doi:10.1029/2005JE002663.

Perron, J.T. and I. de Pater (2004). Dynamics of an ice continent on Titan. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L17S04, doi:10.1029/2004GL019802.

Perron, J.T., W.E. Dietrich, A.D. Howard, J.A. McKean and J.A. Pettinga (2003). Ice-driven creep on Martian debris slopes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1747, doi:10.1029/2003GL017603.

Non-refereed

Perron, J.T. (2006). Formation of evenly spaced ridges and valleys. PhD thesis, University of California, Berkeley.

Bemis, B.L., H.V. Goss, E.S. Yurkovich, J.T. Perron and D.G. Howell (2002). HAZPAC: An interactive map of Pacific Rim natural hazards, population, and infrastructure. U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-76.

Fuis, G.S. and 23 others (2001). Report for borehole explosion data acquired in the 1999 Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment (LARSE II), southern California. USGS Open File Report 01-408.

Yamada, S., N. Goring-Morris, A. Gopher and J.T. Perron (2001). Analysis of faintly glossed blades from pre-pottery neolithic Nahal Issaron, Israel. Studies in Early Near Eastern Production, Subsistence, and Environment, 9, 183-203.

Perron, J.T. (1999). Micromorphology of the Cactus Hill Site, Sussex County, Virginia. A.B. thesis, Harvard University.

Perron, J.T. and C.A.S. Mandryk (1999). Preliminary report on the micromorphology of the Cactus Hill Site (44SX202), Sussex County, Virginia. Current Research in the Pleistocene, 16, 62-64.