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Cirque Formation

Cirque Formation is a geomorphological process denoting the excavation and development of a bowl-shaped, steep-walled bedrock amphitheater at high elevations through the accumulation, erosion, and downwasting of glacial ice, distinguished from other glacial erosional forms by its characteristic morphology, headward incision, and role as the initiating locus of alpine glaciers.

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2017–2026

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Cirque Genesis

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Glacial cirques as palaeoenvironmental indicators: Their potential and limitations

Iestyn Barr, Matteo Spagnolo · Earth-Science Reviews · 2015 · 142 citations · Full text

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Mesozoic Construction of the Cordilleran “Collage”, Central British Columbia to Central California

G. A. Davis, J. W. H. Monger, B. C. Burchfiel · 1978 · 137 citations

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The form of glacial cirques in the English Lake District, Cumbria

Ian S. Evans, Nicholas J. Cox · Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie · 1995 · 130 citations · Full text

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Kinematics of the 1991 Randa rockslides (Valais, Switzerland)

Mario Sartori, F. Baillifard, Michel Jaboyedoff et al. · Natural hazards and earth system sciences · 2003 · 115 citations · Full text

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Allometric development of glacial cirque form: Geological, relief and regional effects on the cirques of Wales

Ian S. Evans · Geomorphology · 2006 · 109 citations

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Authors

136

  1. IS
    Ian S. Evans

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 385 citations

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  2. WV
    W. V. Lewis

    Bridge University, South Sudan

    3 publications · 74 citations

    3

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  3. WL
    William L. Graf

    Arizona State University, United States

    2 publications · 75 citations

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  4. SR
    Sten Rudberg

    University of Gothenburg, Sweden

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  5. PH
    Per Holmlund

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    2 publications · 35 citations

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Institutions

92

  1. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    153 citations

  2. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    255 citations

  3. University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    185 citations

  4. National University of Tierra del Fuego

    Ushuaia, Argentina

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    114 citations

  5. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    126 citations

  6. Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, Spain

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    119 citations

  7. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    47 citations

  8. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    29 citations

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Venues

  1. Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography

    14 publications · 303 citations

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  2. Geomorphology

    10 publications · 455 citations

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  3. Geological Society of America Bulletin

    5 publications · 174 citations

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  4. Arctic and Alpine Research

    4 publications · 152 citations

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  5. Annals of Glaciology

    3 publications · 103 citations

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