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Desiccation

Desiccation is a geoenvironmental degradation process, within the context of geosynthetic barrier systems, characterized by the loss of moisture leading to cracking and volumetric shrinkage in compacted clay liners or soil components, thereby compromising hydraulic integrity.

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Global Monthly Water Scarcity: Blue Water Footprints versus Blue Water Availability

Arjen Y. Hoekstra, Mesfin M. Mekonnen, Ashok K. Chapagain et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 1K citations · Full text

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Climate-Controlled Holocene Occupation in the Sahara: Motor of Africa's Evolution

Rudolph Kuper, Stefan Kröpelin · Science · 2006 · 908 citations

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Reproductive Modes in Frogs and Their Unexpected Diversity in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Célio F. B. Haddad, Cynthia P. A. Prado · BioScience · 2005 · 745 citations · Full text

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The Aral Sea Disaster

Philip Micklin · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 2006 · 707 citations

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The effects of drying and re-flooding on the sediment and soil nutrient dynamics of lowland river-floodplain systems: a synthesis

Darren S. Baldwin, A. M. Mitchell · Regulated Rivers Research & Management · 2000 · 555 citations

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  1. JD
    J. Derek Bewley

    University of Guelph, Canada

    20 publications · 850 citations

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  2. JM
    Jill M. Farrant

    University of Cape Town, South Africa

    13 publications · 865 citations

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  3. NP
    N.W. Pammenter

    University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    12 publications · 848 citations

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  4. RP
    Ravi Parkash

    Maharshi Dayanand University, India

    13 publications · 554 citations

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  5. PB
    P. Berjak

    University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    11 publications · 803 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    74 publications

    4.3K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    19 h-index

    92 publications

    6.2K citations

  3. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    16 h-index

    31 publications

    2K citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    45 publications

    3.4K citations

  5. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    13 h-index

    31 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

    London, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    24 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    11 h-index

    30 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. Institute of Agrobiological Sciences

    Tsukuba, Japan

    11 h-index

    31 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

    34 publications · 3.8K citations

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  2. Journal of Experimental Biology

    28 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. Seed Science Research

    27 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. Journal of Experimental Botany

    JXB · 23 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 28 publications · 892 citations

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