Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Papers
(The TQCC of Earth Surface Processes and Landforms is 6. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
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Death of a palaeochannel: Slow abandonment of an avulsed channel on the Riverine Plains, SE Australia31
The formation and evolution of Al‐rich protoliths in the southern Ribeira belt, Brazil: Insights from remnants of a Precambrian paleoweathering surface29
Remote detection of upland surface water storage capacity in deglaciated terrain27
Ecosystem engineering by periphyton in Alpine proglacial streams26
Spatiotemporal changes of desertification areas in the Alxa Desert obtained from satellite imagery26
Importance of vegetation in riverbank resilience: An experimental approach26
The how, when, and why of an abandoned bedrock meander of the Colorado River, Utah (U.S.)25
The slow downwearing of Madagascar: Inferring patterns and controls on long‐term basin‐averaged erosion rates from in situ10Be at the catchment and regional level25
Flexible patchy vegetation in a meandering bend: Effect on main flow and dispersion processes24
Geomorphological evidence for superimposed deformation in the southern Sichuan Basin, SW China: Implications for seismic hazards24
Post‐disturbance evolution of a prograded foredune barrier during a sustained dynamic restoration project—the role of wind speed, wind direction and vegetation23
Strengths and weaknesses of acoustic pipe microphone systems in ephemeral, sandy, gravel‐bed rivers23
Suspended sediment transport in the Mariuá archipelago: A megacomplex anabranching system in the Negro River (Amazon Basin)23
On a ~210 t Caribbean coastal boulder: The huracanolito seaward of the ruins of the Bucanero resort, Juragua, Oriente, Cuba22
Structural shifts in plant functional diversity during biogeomorphic succession: Moving beyond taxonomic investigations in an alpine glacier foreland22
Tracking mass‐wasting sediments in the large Brahmaputra River system22
Classifying types of gully changes with unoccupied aircraft vehicles 3D multitemporal point clouds for training of satellite data analysis in Northwest Namibia21
Integrated geomorphological–geophysical characterization of periglacial processes and frozen ground distribution in the easternmost edge of the Darwin range, Tierra del Fuego (54° S)21
Unravelling fluvial versus glacial legacy controls on boulder‐bed river geomorphology for semi‐alluvial rivers in Fennoscandia21
Simulation of the influence of physical crust development on the aerodynamic entrainment of sand particles on a sloping bed20
Construction, destruction and fan‐river coupling dynamics during two consecutive debris flow events in an arid fluvial system20
Bedload tracing with RFID tags in gravel‐bed rivers: Review and meta‐analysis after 20 years of field and laboratory experiments20
Reconstructing active tectonics from land–sea correlations based on cross‐interpretation of core and seismic data for the Tyrrhenian coastal segment in southern Italy20
Confluence morphodynamics in mountain rivers in response to intense tributary bedload input19
Was the termination of the Jizera River meandering during the Late Holocene caused by anthropogenic or climatic forcing?18
Evaluating success in a changing academic landscape18
Determining soil erosion rates on a grazed Australian hillslope: Comparison of two landform evolution models with field‐based methods18
Evaluation of the applicability of three sediment transport capacity equations on steep colluvial slopes and their modifications18
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Multi‐annual variability of storm events and morphological response in the SW Iceland: The Valahnúkamöl boulder barrier18
Drainage development on the northern Tibetan Plateau controlled by the Altyn Tagh Fault: Insights from analogue modelling18
Aeolization on the Atlantic coast of Galicia (NW Spain) from the end of the last glacial period to the present day: Chronology, origin and evolution of coastal dunes linked to sea‐level oscillations18
3D morphological characteristics of gravel bars in an engineered river using LiDAR data and aerial photographs17
Mio‐Pliocene paleo‐course of Indus River in Upper Sutlej‐Zhada basin: Implication of tectonic uplift on river piracy and drainage reorganization in SW Tibet and NW Himalaya17
Morphology, timing, and drivers of post‐glacial landslides in the northern Yellowstone region16
Utilizing geospatial tools for the assessment of river bank erosion and migration patterns in complex braided and meandering river systems16
Provenance of Taklimakan Desert aeolian sediments based on rare earth elements signatures16
Recurrent debris flows and their downstream fate: Geomorphic drivers of an anomalous sediment load, Suiattle River, Washington State, USA16
Estimating soil erosion rates using 137 Cs and 210 Pb ex 16
Observations of megacusp dynamics and their coupling with crescentic bars at an open, fetch‐limited beach16
Long‐term drivers of shoreline change over two centuries on a headland‐embayment beach16
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Simplifying Raupach's model of shear‐stress partitioning by clarifying the relationship between β and σ and quantifying the shear‐stress probability density based on numerical simulation16
Debris‐flow fan development and geomorphic effects in alpine canyons under a changing climate16
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Large wood decay state and piece shape in river corridors15
Geomorphological evidence of the Malta‐Sicily land‐bridge during the Last Glacial Maximum inferred from seismic profiles15
Seasonal rotation of California pocket beaches15
The influence of bedrock river morphology and alluvial cover on gravel entrainment: Part 1. Pivot angles and surface roughness15
Decadal‐scale variability and predictors of large wood storage in meandering rivers across Europe15
River confinement and braiding loss in Canterbury region, Aotearoa New Zealand15
Variation in soil erosion rate under typical land uses and vertical zones in an agricultural catchment of the Daliangshan region, Southwest China15
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Assessing proxy methods for measuring bedrock erodibility in fluvial impact erosion14
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Disintegration characteristics of undisturbed loess in response to train vibration frequency14
Hydrological and morphological responses in the São Francisco River Basin (Northeast Brazil) resulting from river damming and climate changes in a tropical region14
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Major fluvial erosion and a 500‐Mt sediment pulse triggered by lava‐dam failure, Río Coca, Ecuador14
Palimpsest subglacial meltwater corridors of the last cordilleran ice sheet: Geomorphology, stratigraphy and insights into subglacial meltwater dynamics during deglaciation13
The impact of catastrophic forest blowdown on large wood loads in headwater streams13
Climate‐driven alluvial fan aggradation and incision in an unglaciated Himalayan basin, Northwestern India13
Relationship between geomorphological characteristics, environmental settings and activity of transitional rock glaciers: Insights from a statistical analysis in the French Alps13
Is a climate signal detectable using cosmogenic data and coarse‐resolution digital topography in fluvially dominated landscapes?13
Alluvial dynamics of a formerly glaciated Rocky Mountain headwater valley, Colorado13
115 years of sediment deposition in a reservoir in Central Europe: Topographic change detection13
Iron pools of the typical loess–palaeosol sequence and their environmental significance in northeastern China13
The formation of fan‐deltas in mountain lakes: Findings from Zelené Kežmarské Lake (Slovakia)13
Legacy sediment: A conceptual model and perspective on the role of dams13
Do climate and land use change significantly affect the level of sediment connectivity at different spatiotemporal scales?13
Multi‐decadal gravel beach dynamics in the United Kingdom and Ireland: Insights from satellite‐derived shorelines13
From glaciers to large rivers: Lessons and insights from long‐term bedload monitoring13
Contribution of bedrock structures to the bedrock surface topography and groundwater flow systems within deep glaciofluvial aquifers in Kurikka, Western Finland12
Formation of repeating bar‐flat bedforms in ephemeral gravel bed channels: 1. Field observations12
Assessment of western Oregon debris‐flow hazards in burned and unburned environments12
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A rare piedmont glaciation in the Mediterranean: Insights from cosmogenic 36Cl dating of Davraz hummocky moraine field (SW Türkiye)12
Autonomous generation of alluvial fans in landscape evolution models12
Coupled effects of heavy rainfall and falling water‐level exhibit the most significant influences on reservoir bank failures12
Karst landform classification considering surface flow characteristics derived from digital elevation models12
Fluviomorphic trajectories for dryland ephemeral stream channels following extreme flash floods12
Evaluating the morphodynamics of a spit complex (Punta Rasa, Argentina): Implications for mid‐term evolution of coastal plains12
The geomorphic signature of marine and continental deposits12
Timescales of formative discharge and principal controls on the channel width of the Jamuna River, Bangladesh12
Sounding out the river: Seismic and hydroacoustic monitoring of bedload transport12
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Detection of slow‐moving landslides through automated monitoring of surface deformation using Sentinel‐2 satellite imagery12
VedgeSat: An automated, open‐source toolkit for coastal change monitoring using satellite‐derived vegetation edges12
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Evolution of riparian vegetation in response to anthropogenic effects: The Taleqan River, Iran12
The synergistic effect of soil and water conservation measures on sediment supply reduction in a typical basin on the Loess Plateau, China12
Comparison of creek and bay influences on salt marsh sediment budget and deposition patterns12
Automated grain sizing from uncrewed aerial vehicles imagery of a gravel‐bed river: Benchmarking of three object‐based methods11
Rapid changes of the lava‐delta coastlines formed by the 2021 volcanic eruption on La Palma, Canary Islands11
Comparability of multi‐temporal DTMs derived from different LiDAR platforms: Error sources and uncertainties in the application of geomorphic impact studies11
Glacial landsystem stripes: A tool to clearly visualise geomorphological signatures of evolving climate–glacier–landscape interactions11
Stress redistribution following landslides: Insights from 3D stress modelling of mountain topography11
Insights into permafrost aggradation and thawing: A case study of Zonag Lake on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau using SAR interferometry11
Detection of paraglacial sediment supply using detrital 10Be in postglacial landscapes of southwest British Columbia11
The unrepeatable river: Exploring chaotic variability in laboratory channels11
Zeolite amendments in silty loam soils: Impacts on infiltration, runoff and soil erosion11
Assessing ice sheet models against the landform record: The Likelihood of Accordant Lineations Analysis (LALA) tool11
The heterogeneity of the hydromorphological responses of a stream to the urbanization of its basin11
Spatial gradients in bank stability response in macrotidal environments: Inferences from the Severn estuary (UK)11
Runoff–sediment dynamics and degradation patterns in an abandoned terraced landscape on the Loess Plateau11
Quantifying the effects of carborundum rock surface smoothing for Schmidt hammer R‐value metrics measured on glacial erratics in the North American Great Lakes region11
Formation, development and movement of ords along the Holderness coast (UK): A comparison between 1994–1998 and 2010–2020 in response to changing morphodynamic and hydrodynamic conditions11
Editorial 2025: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms—The 50th volume11
Evolution, sedimentation and thermal state of the emerging pro‐glacial lakes at Witenwasserengletscher, Switzerland11
Temporal dune growth dynamics based on a 3‐year monitored dune featuring marram grass and brushwood fences11
Rock–water interaction, chemical weathering and solute transport of two rivers draining contrasting climate gradients in Western Ghats, India11
Development of ornamentation on ventifacts: An examination of flow and saltation kinematic mechanisms11
Current progress in quantifying and monitoring instream large wood supply and transfer in rivers11
Relevance of field data in the assessment of structural and functional sediment connectivity in a small catchment of southern Brazilian plateau11
Determining pore size distribution in rocks using shear‐thinning fluids: Utilisation of the method in geomorphology11
Study of clay degradation in an earthslide combining OBIA and roughness analysis of UAV‐based optical images11
Holocene landslides in the Fraser Canyon Corridor and implications for ‘ecohazard’ assessment11
The influence of bedrock river morphology and alluvial cover on gravel entrainment. Part 2: Modelling critical shear stress10
Quantifying river morphological changes using multi‐satellite observations and in situ measurements10
Do feral pigs increase soil erosion? A monsoonal northern Australia case study10
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Seismic and radon signatures: A multiparametric approach to monitor surface dynamics of a hazardous 2021 rock–ice avalanche, Chamoli Himalaya10
Effects of rainfall patterns, vegetation cover types and antecedent soil moisture on run‐off and soil loss of typical Luvisol in southern China10
Integrating geomorphic and tectonic signals: A multi‐parameter evaluation of active deformation in the Zanskar Shear Zone, Northwest Himalaya, India10
Assessing performance of a “nature‐based” foredune restoration project, Oceano Dunes, California, USA10
Dynamic bedrock channel width during knickpoint retreat enhances undercutting of coupled hillslopes10
Hillslope grain size variation across evolving landscapes linked to climate, tectonics and lithology10
Triggering mechanism of rainfall and reservoir water level dynamic change‐induced step‐like displacement for reservoir bank landslide10
Inferring channel incision in gravel‐bed rivers: Integrating LiDAR data, historical aerial photographs and drone‐based SfM topo‐bathymetry10
Nearshore ice complex breakup is controlled by a balance between thermal and mechanical processes10
Hydrogeomorphology of the origin of the Amazon River, the confluence between the Marañón and Ucayali rivers10
Channel adjustments over 50 years in response to climate change and human activities in the Parlung Zangbo River, Tibetan Plateau, China10
Reconstructing palaeoflood magnitude and frequency for flood hazard assessment in arid regions: The northern Judea Desert Streams, Israel10
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Biocrust as a surface protection of erodible nebkhas10
Dos Lenguas rock glacier kinematics stable despite warming trend (2016–2024): Surface changes and the role of topography and climate in the Dry Andes of Argentina10
Reconstructing basal ice flow patterns of the Last Glacial Maximum Rhine glacier (northern Alpine foreland) based on streamlined subglacial landforms10
Inundation and flow properties of a runoff‐generated debris flow following successive high‐severity wildfires in northern Arizona, USA10
Geomorphology of undercut streambank habitat9
Predicting soil erosion and sediment delivery in large, data‐sparse, mountainous basins9
115 years of sediment deposition in a reservoir in Central Europe: Effects of the industrial history and environmental protection on heavy metals and microplastic9
Trends in post‐1950 riparian vegetation recovery in coastal catchments of NSW Australia: Implications for remote sensing analysis, forecasting and river management9
A numerical model predicting lenticular sedimentary structures formed by breaking waves over antidunes9
Deriving continuous deglaciation chronology from infrequent historical outlines9
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Proglacial lake evolution coincident with glacier dynamics in the frontal zone of Kvíárjökull, South‐East Iceland9
Disentangling late quaternary fluvial and climatic drivers of palaeohydrological change in the Najaf Sea basin, Western Iraq9
New Zealand's braided rivers: The land the law forgot9
Vegetation and channel adjustment trajectories in cold regions: The effects of ice disturbances in two Gaspesian rivers9
Permanent nearshore sediment loss and inevitable retreat of cohesive bluff‐backed beaches9
Disintegration characteristics of sodic–saline loessial soil after freeze–thaw and wet–dry cycles9
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Quantifying the impacts of climate change and human activities on runoff and suspended sediment load in the Lhasa River Basin, Tibetan Plateau9
Cosmogenic 10Be‐ and 21Ne‐based model exposure ages of desert pavements in the Thar Desert, India9
Instability mechanism and control measures of loess slope induced by heavy rainfall9
Assessment of a revised dust prediction model for Mildura, Australia9
Improving hydroacoustic methods for monitoring suspended‐sand flux and grain size in sediment‐laden rivers9
Soil erosion resistance of gully system under different plant communities on the Loess Plateau of China9
Empirical modeling of streambed hydraulic conductivity in ephemeral rivers: Insights from sediment characteristics in arid environments9
Long‐term geomorphic response of a southwestern USA river following establishment and removal of an invasive riparian tree9
Controlling effect of sliding zone soil on rainfall‐triggered colluvial landslide in Qinling‐Bashan Mountains – A typical case study9
Dynamics and internal structure of a rock glacier: Inferring relationships from the combined use of differential synthetic aperture radar interferometry, electrical resistivity tomography and ground‐p9
A method for segmentation of pebble images in the presence of shadows9
Inbuilt age, residence time, and inherited age from radiocarbon dates of modern fires and late Holocene deposits, Western Transverse Ranges, California9
The end stage of barrier estuary infill: Insights from Jack Smith Lake, Southeastern Australia9
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Rapid riparian vegetation development and channel stabilization linked to glacier retreat within a large transboundary watershed9
Correction to ‘A karst rather than periglacial origin for small enclosed depressions of the Landes Triangle, southwest France’9
Moisture patterns and fluxes in evolving tafoni developed in arkosic sandstone in temperate climate9
Long‐term growth and persistence of granitic inselbergs in a semi‐arid cratonic landscape9
Understanding tectonics from fluvial topography by using the stochastic‐threshold incision model: Theory and application to the Dadu River basin, eastern Tibetan Plateau8
Effects of unsteady characteristics of sediment‐laden overland flow on soil detachment rate8
Quantitative reconstruction of competing sources reveals spatial heterogeneity and complex aeolian–fluvial interactions in the Horqin Sandy Land, NE China8
Islands in the stream: Wood‐induced deposition and erosion in the river corridor8
Correction to A regime shift in sediment export from a coastal watershed during a record wet winter, California: Implications for landscape response to hydroclimatic extremes8
A deep learning architecture and workflow for geomorphic feature extraction using digital terrain model‐derived land surface parameters8
Downstream fining of fluvial gravels along the eastern Tibetan Plateau rivers8
Channel head response to anthropogenic landscape modification: A case study from the North Carolina Piedmont, USA, with implications for water quality8
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Observations and modeling of shear stress reduction and sediment flux within sparse dune grass canopies on managed coastal dunes8
The development of laterite weathering profiles as a function of rainfall and time: A geophysical approach8
Geomorphic consequences of freshwater discharge and microbial mats in a macrotidal environment: The case of the beach of Dannes (northern France)8
Genesis of subglacial triangular‐shaped landforms (murtoos) formed by the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet8
Denudation rates of carbonate coasts: Insights from in situ cosmogenic 36 CL from Cuban coastal terrac8
Contemporary research in coastal dunes and aeolian processes8
The potential of poetry for enchanting and communicating geomorphology8
Fetch‐driven aeolian sediment transport on a sandy beach: A new study8
Advancing gully initiation modelling by means of a Curve Number (CN) method: A way forward?8
Challenges in developing a Schmidt hammer exposure‐age dating calibration curve from glacial erratics in the North American Great Lakes8
A geomorphic perspective on discharge–area relationships8
Different styles of subglacial soft bed hydrology: Examples from Breiðamerkurjökull and Fjallsjökull, Iceland8
Channel morphology and large wood control postfire debris‐flow erosion and deposition8
Equilibrium of morphological units in anabranching rivers8
Mechanism of rainfall‐induced toppling in loess collapses7
Large wood recruitment in the Tegnas torrent (Italy): The impact of the Vaia storm and the role of the riparian forest structure7
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Variance‐based shoreline extraction from nearshore video monitoring systems7
Sediment and organic carbon discharges to the coastal oceans by badlands (English Channel, Normandy, France)7
Enhanced river planform analysis using deep learning and medial axis transform with Sentinel 1A imagery7
The influence of anthropogenic topographic changes on geomorphological processes in the city of Rome (Italy): A case study of the Malagrotta area7
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A comparative analysis of AHP, FR, AHP‐FR and LR models for landslide susceptibility mapping in Sikkim Himalaya, India7
Structural control of bedrock river alignment and morphology in the Fraser Canyon, British Columbia, Canada7
Biogeomorphic assessment of natural streambank structures in the Alps: A step to improve soil and water bioengineering techniques7
The geomorphological record of an ice stream to ice shelf transition in Northeast Greenland7
Subglacial hydrology insights from eskers developed atop soft beds of the Laurentide ice sheet7
Biogeomorphological inheritance: The legacy of past landforms constrains future tropical coastal landscapes7
Direct measurement of the inertial drag and lift forces on entrained coarse particles at various protrusion heights7
Carbon dioxide consumption and efflux rates in a large tropical river basin: Implication for estimation of regional CO 2 emissions7
Annual and decadal net morphological displacement of a small gravel‐bed channel7
Observing the mass balance and emergence velocity of a temperate glacier on Mt. Yulong, southeastern Tibetan Plateau7
Riverine aquatic plants trap propagules and fine sediment: Implications for ecosystem engineering and management under contrasting land uses7
The floodplain wood budget: Linking wood dynamics and ecogeomorphic processes7
Differences in sediment provenance from rainfall and snowmelt erosion in the Mollisol region of Northeast China7
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Wood in Patagonian headwater streams: A window into the colonial and wildfire caused legacy of large wood in temperate stream ecosystems7
Uncovering fine‐scale surface flow dynamics with particle tracking velocimetry: A new benchmark for soil erosion modelling7
Evaluation of multiple time scale rainfall erosivity models: A case study of subtropical regions in Central China7
Spring erosional processes and small sapping valleys in southwestern lower Michigan, USA7
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A framework to facilitate development and testing of image‐based river velocimetry algorithms7
Landscape evolution and sediment delivery in a High Arctic proglacial lake, Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago7
Remote sensing and GIS‐based statistical analysis of the spatial distribution of 10 310 large landslides in the eastern margin of the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau7
The grain size of sediments delivered to steep debris‐flow prone channels prior to and following wildfire7
Multidisciplinary approach to revisit the state of activity of a deep‐seated gravitational slope deformation in the frame of the Quaternary geomorphological evolution of the Central Apennines (Italy)7
Density stratification of a meromictic lake on the Tibetan Plateau and its response to water level increase7
Magnitude and timing of transient incision resulting from large‐scale drainage capture, Sutlej River, Northwest Himalaya7
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Predicting the (active) width of gravel‐bed braided rivers7
PS‐InSAR post‐processing for assessing the spatio‐temporal differential kinematics of complex landslide systems: A case study of DeBeque Canyon Landslide (Colorado, USA)7
River floodplains as source or sink for fine sediment and total phosphorus export in an agricultural watershed7
Driving mechanisms and hydro‐chemical variation for assessing salt‐induced weathering of sandstone in grotto relics7
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Using Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) to identify the differences in the behaviour of shell and quartz grains in coastal depositional processes: A case study from Xichong Bay, Shenzhen, China6
Navigating the academic ladder as an early career researcher in earth and environmental sciences6
Guidance for parameterizing post‐fire hydrologic models with in situ infiltration measurements6
Anthropogenic control on sediment connectivity for soil resource management in sloping vineyards (Mercurey, France)6
Cooling glaciers in a warming climate since the Little Ice Age at Qaanaaq, northwest Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)6
Correction to ‘Inter‐eruptive lahars at El Chichón Volcano (Mexico): Susceptibility analysis and numerical modelling’6
Global mapping of river sediment bars6
Insights into landslide susceptibility in different karst erosion landforms based on interpretable machine learning6
Investigating palaeodune orientations and contemporary wind regimes in Southeast Kazakhstan using a semi‐automated mapping framework6
A framework for in‐stream jams formed by snow avalanche‐delivered large wood6
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