The evolutionary history of fluvial geomorphology is the consequences of combined effects of tectonic, climate, lithology and base level. Previous researches had emphasized tectonic impacts on the ...

Terrestrial landscapes are dominated by a remarkable assemblage of vascular plants, mosses and liverworts, lichen, fungi, algae and microbial mats. Vegetation cover is so pervasive that we take it for ...

Proterozoic rivers flowed through barren landscapes, and lacked interactions with macroscopic organisms. It is widely held that, in the absence of vegetation, fluvial systems featured barely ...