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Desiccation Structures

Desiccation Structures is a type of sedimentary structure characterized by polygonal cracks formed through the contraction of cohesive fine-grained sediments during subaerial exposure and drying.

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2017–2026

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Variants

Shrinkage Cracks

Parents

Publications

15

Experimental comparison of two honeycombed desiccant wheels fabricated with silica gel and composite desiccant material

Chun Xia Jia, Yanjun Dai, Jingyi Wu et al. · Energy Conversion and Management · 2005 · 199 citations

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Factors Inducing Successful Anhydrobiosis in the African Chironomid Polypedilum vanderplanki: Significance of the Larval Tubular Nest

Takahiro Kikawada · Integrative and Comparative Biology · 2005 · 68 citations · Full text

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Patterns of Desiccation Cracks in Saline Bentonite Layers

Nima Shokri, Amir Keshmiri · Transport in Porous Media · 2015 · 64 citations

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Theoretical analysis of desiccation crack spacing of a thin, long soil layer

Susanga Costa, Jayantha Kodikara, S. Lee Barbour et al. · Acta Geotechnica · 2017 · 59 citations · Full text

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Distal alluvial fan sediments from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal: controls on their cyclicity and channel formation

Graham J. Hill · Journal of the Geological Society · 1989 · 55 citations

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Authors

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  1. DG
    D. G. Fredlund

    Golder Associates (Canada), Canada

    1 publications · 59 citations

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  2. GJ
    Graham J. Hill

    GNS Science, New Zealand

    1 publications · 55 citations

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  3. PD
    Paweł Drąg

    Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  4. RW
    Ronald Willden

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    1 publications · 31 citations

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  5. SL
    S. Lee Barbour

    University of Saskatchewan, Canada

    1 publications · 59 citations

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Institutions

29

  1. University of Bern

    Bern, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    51 citations

  2. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  3. Institute of Agrobiological Sciences

    Tsukuba, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    68 citations

  4. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

    Modena, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

  5. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    64 citations

  6. Wrocław University of Science and Technology

    Wroclaw, Poland

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    80 citations

  7. Menlo School

    Atherton, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  8. Earth and Space Research

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    46 citations

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Venues

  1. Applied Thermal Engineering

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  2. Journal of Building Engineering

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  3. Journal of the Geological Society

    JGS · 1 publications · 55 citations

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  4. Acta Geotechnica

    1 publications · 59 citations

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  5. Engineering Geology

    1 publications · 42 citations

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