Robert Hilton

Best Publications

• Mountains, erosion and the carbon cycle

  Robert G. Hilton;A. Joshua West

  400
  Citations

• Connectivity as an emergent property of geomorphic systems

  Ellen Wohl;Gary Brierley;Daniel Cadol;Tom J. Coulthard

  380
  Citations

• Tropical-cyclone-driven erosion of the terrestrial biosphere from mountains

  Robert G. Hilton;Albert Galy;Niels Hovius;Meng-Chiang Chen

  324
  Citations

• Lithium isotopes in large rivers reveal the cannibalistic nature of modern continental weathering and erosion

  Mathieu Dellinger;Mathieu Dellinger;Jérôme Gaillardet;Jérôme Gaillardet;Julien Bouchez;Damien Calmels

  236
  Citations

• Erosion of organic carbon in the Arctic as a geological carbon dioxide sink

  Robert G. Hilton;Valier Galy;Jérôme Gaillardet;Mathieu Dellinger

  215
  Citations

• Mobilization and transport of coarse woody debris to the oceans triggered by an extreme tropical storm

  A. J. West;C. W. Lin;Teng-Chiu Lin;R. G. Hilton

  208
  Citations

• Seismic mountain building: Landslides associated with the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in the context of a generalized model for earthquake volume balance

  Gen Li;A. Joshua West;Alexander L. Densmore;Zhangdong Jin

  208
  Citations

• Efficient transport of fossil organic carbon to the ocean by steep mountain rivers: An orogenic carbon sequestration mechanism

  Robert G. Hilton;Robert G. Hilton;Albert Galy;Niels Hovius;Ming-Jame Horng

  199
  Citations

• Source, transport and fluxes of Amazon River particulate organic carbon: Insights from river sediment depth-profiles

  Julien Bouchez;Valier Galy;Robert G. Hilton;Robert G. Hilton;Jérôme Gaillardet;Jérôme Gaillardet

  197
  Citations

• Riverine particulate organic carbon from an active mountain belt: Importance of landslides

  Robert G. Hilton;Albert Galy;Niels Hovius

  181
  Citations

• The isotopic composition of particulate organic carbon in mountain rivers of Taiwan

  Robert G. Hilton;Robert G. Hilton;Albert Galy;Niels Hovius;Ming-Jame Horng

  177
  Citations

• Controls on fluvial evacuation of sediment from earthquake-triggered landslides

  Jin Wang;Jin Wang;Zhangdong Jin;Zhangdong Jin;Robert G. Hilton;Fei Zhang

  175
  Citations

• Preservation of terrestrial organic carbon in marine sediments offshore Taiwan: mountain building and atmospheric carbon dioxide sequestration

  S.-J. Kao;S.-J. Kao;R. G. Hilton;K. Selvaraj;K. Selvaraj;M. Dai

  169
  Citations

• Microbial oxidation of lithospheric organic carbon in rapidly eroding tropical mountain soils

  Jordon D. Hemingway;Jordon D. Hemingway;Robert G. Hilton;Niels Hovius;Timothy I. Eglinton

  153
  Citations

• Connectivity of earthquake-triggered landslides with the fluvial network: Implications for landslide sediment transport after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

  Gen Li;A. Joshua West;Alexander L. Densmore;Douglas E. Hammond

  144
  Citations

• Geological respiration of a mountain belt revealed by the trace element rhenium

  Robert G. Hilton;Robert G. Hilton;Jérôme Gaillardet;Damien Calmels;Damien Calmels;Jean-Louis Birck

  142
  Citations

• Dilution of 10Be in detrital quartz by earthquake-induced landslides: Implications for determining denudation rates and potential to provide insights into landslide sediment dynamics

  A. Joshua West;Ralf Hetzel;Gen Li;Zhangdong Jin

  120
  Citations

• Rock organic carbon oxidation CO2 release offsets silicate weathering sink

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  120
  Citations

• Climatic and geomorphic controls on the erosion of terrestrial biomass from subtropical mountain forest

  Robert G. Hilton;Albert Galy;Niels Hovius;Shuh-Ji Kao

  113
  Citations

• Landslide impact on organic carbon cycling in a temperate montane forest.

  Robert G. Hilton;Patrick Meunier;Niels Hovius;Peter J. Bellingham

  109
  Citations