Can the now widely available topographic data be used to derive past tectonic and climatic conditions (in the multi-million year scale)? Do…

Can the now widely available topographic data be used to derive past tectonic and climatic conditions (in the multi-million year scale)? Do we know enough about the erosion and transport processes? Does the stochasticity of meteorological and tectonic events reflect in the landscape? How much has life contributed to shape the Earth's surface?

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