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Knickpoint Formation, Rapid Propagation, and Landscape Response Following Coastal Cliff Retreat at the Last Interglacial Sea-Level Highstand: Kaua‘I, Hawai‘I Knickpoint formation, rapid propagation, and landscape response following coastal cliff retreat at the last interglacial sea-level highstand: Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i Benjamin H. Mackey†, Joel S. Scheingross, Michael P. Lamb, and Kenneth A. Farley Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION for example, the 5-m.y.-old island of Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i, has modern erosion rates in line with Upstream knickpoint propagation is an Unlike landscapes undergoing continu- those measured over thousands of years and important mechanism for channel incision, ous tectonic uplift, where erosion can balance inferred over millions of years (Gayer et al., and it communicates changes in climate, sea uplift rates, resulting in steady-state topography 2008; Ferrier et al., 2013b). This fi nding sug- level, and tectonics throughout a landscape. (Whipple and Tucker, 1999; Willett et al., 2001), gests island evolution is richer than simple topo- Few studies have directly measured the long- the life cycle of volcanic islands is dominated graphic decay and submergence, and it indicates term rate of knickpoint retreat, however, and by transiently adjusting topography, which has the possibility of persistent high rates of erosion the mechanisms for knickpoint initiation are the potential to better reveal the dominant geo- and local relief generation. debated. Here, we use cosmogenic 3He ex- morphic processes (e.g., Whipple, 2004; Bishop One possible mechanism for local relief posure dating to document the retreat rate et al., 2005; Tucker, 2009; Ferrier et al., 2013a; generation on an actively subsiding landscape of a waterfall in Ka’ula’ula Valley, Kaua‘i, Menking et al., 2013; Ramalho et al., 2013). is stream response to back wearing of coastal Hawai‘i, an often-used site for knickpoint- In volcanic island chains such as Hawai‘i, the cliffs by wave attack (Stearns, 1985). Indeed erosion modeling. Cosmogenic exposure ages process of transient surface evolution is striking: Stearns (1985) inferred that large waterfalls of abandoned surfaces are oldest near the Following the initial constructional phase of prevalent in canyons on the Hawai‘ian islands coast (120 ka) and systematically decrease island growth, older islands subside and become resulted from upstream-propagating knick- with upstream distance toward the water- progressively eroded as they move away from points generated at wave-eroded coastal cliffs, fall (<10 ka), suggesting that the waterfall the active volcanic hotspot. One can readily and such a mechanism has been proposed for migrated nearly 4 km over the past 120 k.y. observe differences in the morphology of vol- other coastal landscapes (Leyland and Darby, at an average rate of 33 mm/yr. Upstream of canic islands of different ages along the hotspot 2009; Ye et al., 2013). Other workers pointed the knickpoint, cosmo genic nuclide concen- chain, transitioning from broad convex volcanic to groundwater seepage erosion as a driver for trations in the channel are approximately shields (as seen on the Island of Hawai‘i) to the knickpoint formation and retreat on Hawai‘ian uniform and indicate steady-state vertical deeply incised landscape of Kaua‘i (Stearns, islands (Hinds, 1925; Wentworth, 1928; Kochel erosion at a rate of ~0.03 mm/yr. Field ob- 1985). The template of a broad volcanic shield and Piper, 1986). However, both sea-cliff ero- servations and topographic analysis suggest destined to undergo long-term subsidence and sion by waves and seepage erosion have fallen that waterfall retreat is dominated by block erosion renders volcanic islands a well-con- out of favor since the discovery of large deep- toppling, with sediment transport below the strained setting to study the processes and rates seated landslide deposits offshore of many waterfall actively occurring by debris fl ows. of landscape evolution. Hawai‘ian volcanic islands (Moore et al., 1989, Knickpoint initiation was previously attrib- A prevailing viewpoint is that surface processes 1994; McMurtry et al., 2004). Seidl et al. (1994) uted to a submarine landslide ca. 4 Ma; how- on volcanic islands are most active early in the and Lamb et al. (2007) inferred that sea cliffs ever, our dating results, bathymetric analysis, island’s life cycle: Shortly after the shield-build- and retreating knickpoints on Kaua‘i and the and landscape-evolution modeling support ing stage, when bedrock permeability begins to Island of Hawai‘i were generated following knickpoint generation by wave-induced sea- decline, forcing overland fl ow (e.g., Jefferson deep-seated fl ank collapse. cliff erosion during the last interglacial sea- et al., 2010; Schopka and Derry, 2012), island Beyond volcanic islands, the retreat of knick- level highstand ca. 120–130 ka. We illustrate centers sit high above sea level, and steep sub- points and waterfalls (i.e., both slope-break and that knickpoint generation during sea-level marine slopes generate large fl ank failures vertical step knickpoints; sensu Haviv et al., highstands, as opposed to the typical case of (Moore et al., 1989). These landslides can lead 2010; Kirby and Whipple, 2012) is recognized sea-level fall, is an important relief-generat- to large-scale knickpoint retreat and fl uvial as a key mechanism by which perturbations in ing mechanism on stable or subsiding steep incision (Seidl et al., 1994; Lamb et al., 2007). climate (Fuller et al., 2009), base level (Snyder coasts, and likely drives transient pulses of Despite the lack of tectonic uplift, surface et al., 2000; Bishop et al., 2005), and tec tonics signifi cant sediment fl ux. processes on volcanic islands are surprisingly (Dorsey and Roering, 2006) are transmitted active and include cliff erosion, mass wasting, through a landscape (Crosby and Whipple, †Current address: Department of Geological Sci- ences, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, stream incision, and drainage capture. This 2006; Berlin and Anderson, 2007). To calibrate Christchurch, New Zealand; ben .mackey@ canterbury is true even on older islands that have under- and test numerical and mechanical models .ac .nz. gone substantial subsidence and submergence; for knickpoint propagation, we need well- GSA Bulletin; Month/Month 2014; v. 1xx; no. X/X; p. 1–18; doi: 10.1130/B30930.1; 11 fi gures; 2 tables. For permission to copy, contact [email protected] 1 © 2014 Geological Society of America Mackey et al. constrained fi eld examples of knickpoint retreat from 3He exposure dating that indicate that the to 30 ka (Mukhopadhyay et al., 2003), suggest- rates and mechanisms. Despite the importance knickpoint initiated ca. 120 ka, i.e., much more ing minimal cliff erosion during the Holocene, of waterfall migration in channel incision and recently than inferred from fl ank collapse (ca. when the cliffs have been buffered from the sea landscape evolution, there are few direct mea- 4 Ma), and has retreated at a near-constant rate by the northern Mana Plain. surements of rates on upstream propagation of ~33 mm/yr. Third, we compare our measured Ka’ula’ula Valley is incised into the coastal over 104–105 yr time scales (Loget and Van Den waterfall retreat rate to models of knickpoint cliffs and debouches on the Mana Plain, pres- Driessche, 2009; Jansen et al., 2011; Whittaker propagation, and we discuss fi eld observations ently ~0.3 km from the coast (Fig. 2). The val- and Boulton, 2012). Instead of direct measure- of erosion processes and sediment transport by ley headwaters reach 1070 m elevation, and the ments, most studies that have quantifi ed rates debris fl ows. Fourth, we use topographic analy- channel is incised up to 250 m into the original of knickpoint retreat assume knickpoints were sis to analyze hillslope evidence for knickpoint shield volcano surface, as evident from relict initiated by a major event of known age, such as retreat. Fifth, we evaluate possible knickpoint surfaces preserved as broad interfl uves between isostatic rebound (Bishop et al., 2005), eustatic retreat mechanisms and present landscape- valleys (Fig. 2). Four kilometers from the valley sea-level fall (Crosby and Whipple, 2006; Loget evolution modeling that supports knickpoint entrance, the stream has a prominent 40-m-tall and Van Den Driessche, 2009), differential initiation by wave-induced sea-cliff erosion waterfall with a vertical headwall (Fig. 3C), rates of channel incision (Berlin and Anderson, during the last interglacial sea-level highstand which is our focus here, and there also exists a 2007), the initiation of faulting (Wobus et al., (ca. 120–130 ka). Finally, we discuss erosion smaller (~10 m high) knickpoint 2.5 km further 2006), or large landslides (Seidl et al., 1994; and transport mechanisms, and we place our up the channel. The catchment’s upper reaches Lamb et al., 2007). results in the broader context of oceanic-island have likely been beheaded by enlargement of the One of the most popular testing grounds of evolution. Waimea Canyon (Seidl et al., 1994; Chatanan- knickpoint retreat consists of the valleys that tavet and Parker, 2005), refl ected in the highly drain to the Na Pali coast on Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i KA’ULA’ULA VALLEY, asymmetric ridge separating the Na Pali chan- (Seidl et al., 1994, 1997; Stock and Mont- KAUA‘I, HAWAI‘I nels from the Waimea Canyon (Fig. 2). Although gomery, 1999; DeYoung, 2000; Chatanantavet central Kaua‘i receives exceptionally high and Parker, 2005; Ferrier et al., 2013a). This Kaua‘i is the second-oldest major subaerial amounts of rainfall (up to 11 m/yr), the western landscape is favored because the catchments island in the mantle-plume–produced Hawai‘ian coast is considerably drier. Annual rainfall at are small with low-order drainages, lithology volcanic chain, reaching 1593 m in elevation Ka’ula’ula Valley ranges from 0.6 m/yr on the is uniform and well dated (Clague and Dal- with an area of 1456 km2 (Fig.
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