Geomorphology

Papers
(The median citation count of Geomorphology is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
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Segmentation and deformation mechanisms of the North Tuole Shan fault in the Qilian Mountains: Insights from channel steepness index (k) and fault activity187
From hypogenic to biogenic speleogenesis in semi-arid climate: Bat guano-driven carbonate weathering and cave modification in Chariton Cave, Israel76
Multivariate analysis of inlet morphodynamics: The mixed sand-gravel ebb-tidal delta of Deben Estuary, Suffolk51
Point cloud does matter. Selected issues of using airborne LiDAR elevation data in geomorphometric studies of rugged sandstone terrain under forest – Case study from Central Europe49
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Reconstruction of historical suspended particulate matter contributions of Rhône River tributaries to the Mediterranean Sea40
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Subsurface structures of solution dolines inferred from electrical resistivity tomography: A hypothesis on the evolutionary process of solution dolines at the Akiyoshi-dai Plateau, southwest Japan37
Spatial variation of surface erosion rate in a fault zone and its controlling factors37
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Investigating cost-effective single-beam survey configurations for accurate river bathymetry construction35
Use of GIS tools, enhanced by FFT filtering methods, to detect blurred craters in Synthetic Digital Elevation Models, to improve their location and morphological characterisation35
Quaternary fluvial archives from Asian rivers: Reflections of tectonic activity, crustal processes and climatic variation33
The uncertain future of mountaintop-removal-mined landscapes 1: How mining changes erosion processes and variables32
Hurricane-triggered cascading hazards: Geomorphic responses and flood hazard dynamics in a tropical mountain region32
Plio-Pleistocene drainage reorganization in the middle Yellow River of China, revealed by provenance and paleocurrent analysis of fluvial sediments32
Tectonic influence on the evolutionary dynamics of deep-water channel systems along the active accretionary prism margin in the Rakhine Basin, Myanmar: A high-resolution 3d seismic analysis31
Topographic constraints on the rock avalanche erosion mechanisms and sliding effects31
Coastal cliff evolution: Modelling the long-term interplay between marine erosion, initial topography, and uplift in an arid environment31
How do international boundary river dynamics affect riparian land? Insights from the China-Russia Ussuri River30
Quantifying five decades of shoreline change in relation to river sediment supply along the Phu Yen Coast, Central Vietnam30
Deformation and failure mechanisms of slopes in the Loess Plateau with structural planes under engineering excavation30
Rockfall susceptibility mapping from topography perspective combing slope units and physical model-based negative sample strategy in the Yangtze Three Gorges30
Hydration caves and cavities from the recent weathering zone of anhydrites at Dingwall (Nova Scotia, Canada)29
Late-Quaternary activity of parallel normal faults along the southern margin of the Yuguang Basin in the Shanxi Rift, China and its seismogeological implications29
Remotely mapping gullying and incision in Maryland Piedmont headwater streams using repeat airborne lidar27
Mapping release and propagation areas of permafrost-related rock slope failures in the French Alps: A new methodological approach at regional scale27
Glacial to periglacial transition at the end of the last ice age in the subtropical semiarid Andes27
Distinctive shear zones demonstrate pervasive laminar cataclastic flow throughout the gigantic Iymek rock avalanche27
Submerged reef and inter-reef morphology in the Western South Atlantic, Abrolhos Shelf (Brazil)27
CoMMa: A GIS geomorphometry toolbox to map and measure confined landforms27
Inventory of active rock glaciers and their distribution characteristics on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its adjacent mountainous regions27
Headwall scour hole erosion and overhanging mass collapse play critical roles in gully head retreat on grassland under surface flow26
Spatio-temporal interpolation of ~530 Ma paleo-DEM to quantify denudation of a terrestrial impact crater26
Formation mechanism of loess-mudstone landslides in the Weibei Tableland Fault Active Zone of Baoji, China - Taking Wolongsi landslide as an example25
Challenges and opportunities of sediment budgeting using the River Sediment Budget Approach (RSBA): Three cases in Austrian gravel-bed river reaches25
Reconstruction of Holocene relative sea-level from beach ridges of the central west coast of India using GPR and OSL dating24
Sediment export from an Alpine proglacial area under a changing climate: Budgets, rates, and geomorphological processes24
Unveiling tropical slow-moving landslide response to seasonality and extreme meteorological events using a combination of InSAR and optical imagery: The case study of Grand Eboulis (Réunion island)24
What drives major channel widening in mountain rivers during floods? The role of debris floods during a high-magnitude event23
Spatial and temporal trends in California coastal cliff retreat23
An initial geopedological survey and description of historic raised beds in north-western Ireland23
Channel changes during and after extreme floods in two catchments of the Northern Apennines (Italy)23
Shredding post-fire debris flow likelihood: A field-constrained catchment-scale model of wood-shred surface treatment effectiveness23
Drainage evolution in porous carbonate terrain in semi-arid environments: The role of tectonics and climatic change – The case study of the Boukadir carbonate platform, Algeria23
Winds of opportunity: The effects of wind on intertidal flat accretion22
On the mechanisms resulting in the formation of the Quaternary staircase terrace systems in the valleys of the western Andean margin of Peru22
Infrared thermography monitoring of rock faces – Potential and pitfalls22
Corrigendum to “Advantages of integrated geophysical, sedimentary, and dating approaches for reconstructing Holocene tidal inlet evolution: A case study from offshore the Belgian coastal plain” [Geomo22
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Geoenvironmental conditioning of landsliding in river valleys of lowland regions and its significance in landslide susceptibility assessment: A case study in the Lower Vistula Valley, Northern Poland22
Modeling the relative morphodynamic influence of vegetation and large wood in a dryland ephemeral stream, Arizona, USA21
Mitigating scour around bridge piers in alluvial channels using inclined collars21
Mechanisms of rock slope failures triggered by the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake and implications for landslide susceptibility21
River adjustments, geomorphic sensitivity and management implications in the Waipā catchment, Aotearoa New Zealand21
Quantitative analysis the provenance of loess in the upper Hanjiang River, China: Evidence from heavy minerals and grain-size21
A model-based characterization of confined meandering rivers21
A morphometric analysis of embayed beaches: southern Sardinia Island20
Soil denudation in the northwestern Negev (Israel) following the Late Byzantine – Early Islamic period20
Hydraulic geometry of Alpine streams channels20
Are Palmira sand dunes related to Sangay volcano eruptions? New insights derived from sand dunes mapping using sentinel 2 data20
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Impact of vegetation cover on hydro-sedimentary fluxes in the marly badlands of the Southern Alps (Draix-Bléone Critical Zone Observatory, SE France)20
Patterns of valley incision beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet revealed using automated mapping and classification20
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Corrigendum to “The effect of flood 2020 on the morphological changes of the Sadij River, Southeastern of Iran” [Geomorphology 489 (2025) 109994]19
A review of large wood dynamics relevant to hazard characteristics for built structures19
Polygons with halite-crusted floors and gypsum-raised rims in western Qaidam Basin and implications for polygonal landforms on Mars19
Late Cenozoic channel migration of the proto-Yangtze River in the delta region: Insights from cosmogenic nuclide burial dating of onshore boreholes19
Analysis of floating objects based on non-intrusive measuring methods and machine learning19
The effect of flood 2020 on the morphological changes of the Sadij River, Southeastern of Iran19
Ship-induced morphology along a maritime waterway in a micro-tidal environment19
Quantifying the influencing factors on the spatiotemporal patterns of dune activity in the Tengger Desert, Northwestern China19
Navigating uncertainty: Stochastic simulation prediction of the Yellow River tail channel (fluvial reach) and its implications on 21st century floodplain management18
Observing rock moisture changes using electrical resistivity tomography in frost weathering caves18
Faster than an urban stream: Evaluating morphodynamics in urban channel reaches that have undergone form-based channel enhancement18
Luminescence chronology of subordinate dunes on the megadunes of the Badain Jaran Desert, North China18
Meandering river evolution in an unvegetated permafrost environment18
Spatial distribution and deposits of cliffs along the Brazilian semi-arid coast18
The splash process in aeolian transport: Phenomena, mechanisms, regulations, advances and prospects18
How old are the Mojave topographic dunes? The implications of new luminescence dating analyses from the Cady Mountains, Mojave Desert, southwest USA17
Late Pleistocene slip rate and subsurface fault-plane geometry of the Latgan Fold (Bole Basin, North Tian Shan, NW China) derived from a deformed cosmogenically dated alluvial fan17
A drumlin field at Fláajökull, Iceland: New insights from till shearing using magnetic fabrics17
Using a non-invasive multiple-method approach to characterize rock glaciers in the periglacial critical zone: An example from the San Juan Mountains, Colorado17
Geomorphic assessment of sediment storage potential and mobilisation on the hillslopes of a mountain catchment: An example from Pranmati catchment, NW Himalaya17
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Obituary for Dr. Avijit Gupta (1942–2023)17
Reply to comment on “Turbulent structures at the bottom of the Gobi desert boundary layer and their impact on aeolian sand transport and dust emission” (Liang et al., 2025) by C. Keylock (2025)17
Variation in the ITCZ position controls the evolution of the piedmont landscape of the tropical Andes (Colombia) during the late Quaternary16
A large-scale domal relief due to intraplate neotectonic compression in central Amazonia16
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Holocene soil erosion in response to climate variability in the southern Chinese Loess Plateau16
Basaltic island evolution close to the limits of reef growth: Norfolk Island, Southwest Pacific16
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Reconstruction of aeolian sand processes at different scales utilizing the Scale-Independent Particle Tracking Velocimetry16
Susceptibility assessment of soil-water hazard chain on a small catchment in gully region of Loess Plateau: Implications for artificially-induced mountaintop removal filling valley and geoheritage16
Source-to-sink patterns of grain size along the Yamuna River in the Indian Himalaya16
From landform inventories to landscape evolution? - Karst development in the Central Styrian Karst (Austria)16
Origin and evolution of slope-confined canyons and their relationship with gas hydrate accumulation in the northwestern Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea16
Detection of long-term slope displacement using time-series DInSAR and geological factor analysis for susceptibility assessment of landslides in northwestern Kyushu Island16
Debris flow and long-term denudation rates in a tropical passive margin escarpment in South America16
Site-specific controls on rockfall activity: A case of study from north and south faces on the Pyrenees15
Mapping stony rise landforms using a novel remote sensing, geophysical, and machine learning approach15
Morphological characteristics and evolution processes of the blowouts on fine-grain armored paleodunes in the eastern Qaidam Basin, Tibetan Plateau15
From sink to source: Late Quaternary landscape evolution and fluvial dynamics of the Hautapu River catchment, New Zealand15
Influence of sedimentary processes and fault tectonics on the evolution of submarine canyons in the East Andaman Basin: Insights from high-resolution seismic data analysis15
Power law models for rockfall frequency-magnitude distributions: review and identification of factors that influence the scaling exponent15
A channel shifting GIS toolbox for exploring floodplain dynamics through channel erosion and deposition15
Historical aerial image photogrammetry for tracking past deformation of Reissenschuh deep-seated rock slide in Tyrol, Austria15
Land use changes impact on selected chemical denudation element and components of water cycle in small mountain catchment using SWAT model15
Quantifying spit growth and its hydrodynamic drivers in wind-dominated lake environments15
The encountering dune fields in a bidirectional flow system in the northwestern South China Sea: Pattern, morphology, and recent dynamics15
Quantifying the response of bankfull channel width to active faulting in the Qianhe Graben on the southwest margin of Ordos Block, China15
Channel morphology in an active volcanic complex under humid tropical conditions15
Landslides, bedrock incision and human-induced environmental changes in an extremely rapidly formed tropical river gorge15
Alongshore runup variability across contrasting beach states: Insights from field observations15
Spatial variability of water-induced soil erosion under climate change and land use/cover dynamics: From assessing the past to foreseeing the future in the Mediterranean island of Crete15
Lake-level responses to climate change in an inland basin in the Japanese Islands during the last 16 kyr14
Optimisation of the geobiodiversity index for protected natural areas in northern Portugal14
Soil moisture dynamics near a gully head in relation to the trigger of collapse in granite red soil slope in southern China14
Fluvial entrenchment of the Gonghe Basin and integration of the upper Yellow River - Evidence from the cosmogenically dated geomorphic surfaces14
The role of in-channel vegetation in driving and controlling the geomorphic changes along a gravel-bed river14
Frost weathering in contemporary active-layer deposits—micro-scale records from Kaffiøyra Plain (NW Spitsbergen)14
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Field evidence of the greatest disaster in Balinese history: The 1815 Geger Bali multi-hazard event in Buleleng14
Gully erosion susceptibility assessment and SHAP interpretability analysis in sloping farmland of soil-rock dual structure area: A case study of Yimeng Mountain area, China14
Landslide causative factors evaluation using GIS in the tectonically active Glafkos River area, northwestern Peloponnese, Greece14
Assessing the control factors upon glacial valley development in southernmost Patagonia (Fuegian Andes of Argentina)14
Reconstructing a 51-year record of catchment scale dissolved load for the Haast/Awarua River in the Southern Alps, New Zealand14
A trans-scale simulation of aeolian sand flow – dune – dune field based on actual environmental wind field14
Assessing the effects of anthropogenesis on Appalachian flood severity: An eastern Kentucky case study14
Large rock and ice avalanches frequently produce cascading processes in High Mountain Asia13
Evolution of deep-seated bedrock landslides in a deep canyon13
Morphometric analysis of monogenetic volcanoes in the Garrotxa Volcanic Field, Iberian Peninsula13
On the effect of two-direction seasonal flows on barchans and the origin of occluded dunes13
Exploring the bio-geomorphological evolution of mega nourishments with a cellular automata model13
Morphological dynamics and vegetation interactions in coastal dunes: UAV-based insights from Pingtan Island, China13
Seismically induced rockfall hazard from a physically based model and ground motion scenarios in Italy13
The uncertain future of mountaintop-removal-mined landscapes 2: Modeling the influence of topography and vegetation13
Inferring rockfall frequency-magnitude relationships and talus accumulation times from lichenometric study of talus deposits, Glenwood Canyon, CO, USA13
Inferring on fluvial resilience from multi-temporal high-resolution topography and geomorphic unit diversity13
Paraglacial conditions, climate and isostacy control river incision and terrace development; the example of the River Lune, NW England13
3D modeling-based area-volume power-law relationships for incipient rotational slides13
PSO-SLIC algorithm: A novel automated method for the generation of high-homogeneity slope units using DEM data13
Spatial variability of wave signatures and profile morphotypes of beaches in estuaries and bays across different tidal regimes13
Internal structures of the Last Glacial Period multi-phase cold-climate aeolian dunes, Moravian Sahara, Czechia13
Morphological differences of longitudinal profiles between glacial cirques and non-glacial valley heads, described by mathematical fitting13
Source-to-sink sediment transport and geomorphic controls along large river systems13
Entrenchment of the Yellow River since the late Miocene under changing tectonics and climate13
An abandoned road as a debris trap: Estimating debris-supply rate from steep slopes based on UAV–LiDAR DEMs13
Strandline records of high frequency, low magnitude drops in water level, glacial Lake Agassiz basin, Central Polk County, MN, USA12
Multi-year evolution of 75 snow and ice deposits in Schachtdolines and Shafts of recently deglaciated karst terrain: Observations from Mount Canin-Kanin, Julian Alps, Europe12
The influence of weathering processes on microtopographic changes of sandstone under simulated upper intertidal conditions from weekly to monthly scales12
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Special Issue “Fluvial geomorphology: Sediment transport, river management, and extreme events at different spatial and temporal scales”12
Repeated failures of the giant Beshkiol Landslide and their impact on the long-term Naryn Basin floodings, Kyrgyz Tien Shan12
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Hillslope surface classification from elevation models by using normal vectors12
Characteristics of landscape and erosion in the Eastern Pamir and their implications for regional fault connections12
The role of monsoon in the long-term topographic evolution of East Asia (North China)12
Anthropogenic disruption of sediment connectivity by embankment dams in the fast-eroding badland basin12
Gneissic tors in the central European upland: Complex Late Pleistocene forms?12
The transformation between different modes of motion of particles in steady aeolian transport12
Testing the hypogenic hypothesis for the origin of granite multi-concave topography using electrical resistivity tomography: A case study from the Southern Albera Massif (Pyrenees, Spain)12
Millennial-scale coseismic landslide history inferred from topographic and stratigraphic features of a post-caldera cone of Aso Volcano in southwestern Japan12
Assessment of methods for reconstructing Little Ice Age glacier surfaces on the examples of Novaya Zemlya and the Swiss Alps12
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Late Quaternary glacial history of the Panchachuli Glacier, Darma valley, Uttarakhand, Central Himalaya: Insights from geomorphic mapping and OSL Chronology12
Lava deltas, a key landform in oceanic volcanic islands: El Hierro, Canary Islands12
Divergent trends in fluvial suspended-sediment concentrations following improved land-use practices, southwest Washington State12
Quantifying geomorphic change in Andean river valleys using UAV-PPK-SfM techniques: An example from the western Peruvian Andes12
How did the Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River form?12
PG-Tools: A framework and an ArcGIS toolbox to standardize paleoglacier outlines and attributes12
Bedform generation beneath shoaling nonlinear internal waves on a mild slope12
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Human-driven global geomorphic change12
Corrigendum to “The encountering dune fields in a bidirectional flow system in the northwestern South China Sea: Pattern, morphology, and recent dynamics” [Geomorphology 406 (2022) 108210]11
Reconstructing extreme Late Pleistocene floods in Morocco's Inaouène Valley reveals larger discharges during terrace aggradation than both incision and modern floods11
Paleoseismic events and shallow subsurface structure of the central part of the Futagawa fault, which generated the 2016 Mw 7.0 Kumamoto earthquake11
Assessment of piping-sinkhole development in a fluvial-terrace scarp retreat environment: A multi-temporal analysis on the lower Ticino River (Italy)11
Long-term denudation rate of karstic North Dalmatian Plain (Croatia) calculated from 36Cl cosmogenic nuclides11
Terrain-driven circulation around megadune–lake system in China's Badain Jaran Sand Sea11
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Exploring the inclusion of soil management practices in erosion models towards the improvement of post-fire predictions11
Tracking geomorphic changes after suburban development with a high density of green stormwater infrastructure practices in Montgomery County, Maryland11
Dike fields as drivers and witnesses of twentieth-century hydrosedimentary changes in a highly engineered river (Rhône River, France)11
Inter-annual morphological evolution and volume changes of a meso- to macrotidal beach exhibiting multiple intertidal bars (MITB)11
Understanding aeolian processes across sand dunes with varying stoss slope: Wind tunnel experiments11
A novel hybrid model integrating high resolution remote sensing and stacking ensemble techniques for landslide susceptibility mapping: Application to event-based landslide inventory11
Sedimentary characteristics and formation of riverine source bordering dunes in a humid region: an example from the lower reaches of Kiso River, central Japan11
Relationships between torrent check dam systems and shoreline dynamics in semi-arid Mediterranean area: A sub-regional focus in Calabria, Italy11
Cliffs and ramparts: Persistent steep slopes in the landscape11
Submarine geomorphology and processes: From coast to deep abyssal plains11
Fluvial-aeolian interactions in a partly confined reach of the Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet11
Decadal evolution of mass movements in a Himalayan catchment after the catastrophic 2013 Kedarnath disaster11
Spatial variation in drainage area — Runoff relationships and implications for bankfull geometry scaling11
Characteristics and selective mobility of bedload sheets11
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Predicting urban channel morphology amidst multiple complexities11
The role of riparian buffer width on sediment connectivity through windthrow in a boreal headwater stream10
Mechanisms of glacier surges in the Central Himalayas uncovered using remote sensing and glacier modelling10
Travertine and calcareous tufa occurrences as an indicator of the ongoing tectonic activity of the Central Slovak Fault System inferred from airborne laser scanning data, geomorphometric, and structur10
Risk assessment of a glacial lake with abruptly slowing expansion, Jiongpu, Southeastern Tibet10
The Botany Sands of southeast Australia: A Quaternary inland dune and swamp system10
Characterizing the spatial variations of wind velocity and turbulence intensity around a single Tamarix tree10
Reconstructing depositional environments through cave interior facies: The case of Galería Complex (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)10
Evolving glacier landsystems during Patagonian Ice Sheet recession influenced by a changing topographic setting10
Valley-scale controls and hydrogeomorphic processes driving channel breakdown in a dynamic floodplain wetland system: The Mara River, Tanzania10
Rock glacier velocity monitored by annual in-situ geodetic surveys: Long-term challenges, solutions and suggestions10
Permafrost degradation in the ice-wedge tundra terrace of Paulatuk Peninsula (Darnley Bay, Canada)10
Environmental factors controlling the Last Glacial multi-phase development of the Moravian Sahara dune field, Lower Moravian Basin, Central Europe10
Channel change during catastrophic flood: Example of Storm Alex in the Vésubie and Roya valleys10
Current flow in low-energy coral forereef spurs and grooves10
Non-uniform dune development in the presence of standalone beach buildings10
Interaction between climatic conditions, water- and sediment-fluxes in an alpine basin: Long-term monthly and seasonal analysis10
Poljes in the Sivas gypsum karst, Turkey10
The challenge of measuring rock moisture–a laboratory experiment using eight types of sensors10
Experimental study of sand splash-saltation process in different moisture10
Meta-analysis of a large bedload transport rate dataset10
Unravelling litho-structural and tectonic influences on geomorphic and river longitudinal profile character in the Brahmani River Basin of eastern India10
Vertical reworking of sediment by the cased caddisfly Glossosomatidae (Agapetus fuscipes) increases sand exposure and availability in armoured gravel-bed rivers10
Sediment fluxes within salt marsh tidal creek systems in the Yangtze Estuary10
Prolonged landscape stability sustained the continuous development of ancient civilizations in the Shuangji River valley of China's Central Plains10
Storm-driven coastal boulder transport over two winter storm seasons on Inishmaan, Ireland10
Inventorying rock glaciers in the Western Himalaya, India, and assessing their hydrological significance10
Environmental control of the present-day sediment export along the extratropical Andes10
Late Quaternary river evolution and its response to climate changes in the upper Mekong River of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau10
“Fault dynamics and paleoseismic evidence in the Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalayan foothills: A study of fault-controlled landscapes”10
Eastern Lomonosov Ridge: Constraints for a variable ice mass thickness during former glaciations10
Morphoevolution of the Seymareh landslide-dam lake system (Zagros Mountains, Iran): Implications for Holocene climate and environmental changes10
Contourite distribution on the continental slope off NW Ireland, Rockall Trough (NE Atlantic Ocean): genesis and evolution10
Large-scale spatial variability in loess landforms and their evolution, Luohe River Basin, Chinese Loess Plateau10
Differential terrace configurations in the Upper Yangtze River: Evaluating distinct intensifies of external perturbation and their impact on river behaviors9
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The influence of spatial patterns in rainfall on shallow landslides9
Rock and ice avalanche-generated catastrophic debris flow at Chamoli, 7 February 2021: New insights from the geomorphic perspective9
Morphodynamics of active meandering rivers reviewed in a hierarchy of spatial and temporal scales9
Large-scale mapping of solifluction terraces in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau using high-resolution satellite images and deep learning9
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Evaluation of geodiversity in the Brazilian Amazon using different quantification methodologies9
Cenozoic reshaping of the Barents-Kara Shelf: Influence of erosion, sedimentation, and glaciation9
Microtopography promoting Benggang erosion: Formation and stability of niche on collapsing wall9
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GIS analysis of lake and basin orientation, Yana–Indigirka Lowland, northeast Siberia9
Subglacial bedform and moat initiation beneath Rutford Ice Stream, West Antarctica9
Late Eocene tectonic-geomorphic transition and its dynamic mechanism: Case study of the Beibuwan Basin, northern South China Sea9
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