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Cirque Erosion

Cirque Erosion is a geomorphological process denoting the glacial erosion mechanism responsible for the formation and deepening of cirques through frost wedging, plucking, and abrasion occurring preferentially on the leeward, high-elevation slopes of mountainous regions.

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Positive feedbacks associated with erosion of glacial cirques and overdeepenings

Roger LeB. Hooke · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1991 · 244 citations

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Influence of a glacial buzzsaw on the height and morphology of the Cascade Range in central Washington State, USA

Sara Gran Mitchell, David R. Montgomery · Quaternary Research · 2005 · 218 citations

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Host–habitat relations as an important determinant of spatial distribution of flea assemblages (Siphonaptera) on rodents in the Negev Desert

Boris R. Krasnov, Georgy I. Shenbrot, Valentin S. Vatschenok et al. · Parasitology · 1997 · 190 citations

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Late Cenozoic Glaciation of the Central Brooks Range

Thomas D. Hamilton · Pages · 1986 · 112 citations

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Periglacial weathering and headwall erosion in cirque glacier bergschrunds

J. W. Sanders, Kurt M. Cuffey, Jeffrey R. Moore et al. · Geology · 2012 · 112 citations

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    Boris R. Krasnov

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    4 publications · 288 citations

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    Mary Rowen

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  3. IS
    Ian S. Evans

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 97 citations

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    David Saltz

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  5. GI
    Georgy I. Shenbrot

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    2 publications · 211 citations

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  1. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    968 citations

  2. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    77 citations

  3. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    95 citations

  4. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research

    Boulder, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    77 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    122 citations

  6. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    97 citations

  7. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    79 citations

  8. University of Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

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  2. Annals of Glaciology

    3 publications · 103 citations

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  3. Journal of Glaciology

    3 publications · 87 citations

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  4. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    2 publications · 97 citations

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  5. Geology

    2 publications · 127 citations

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