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Mountain Asymmetry

Mountain Asymmetry is a geomorphological construct that characterizes the differential slope steepness, elevation distribution, or topographic relief between opposing flanks of a mountain massif, arising from tectonic, climatic, or erosional heterogeneities.

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Alps vs. Apennines: The paradigm of a tectonically asymmetric Earth

Eugenio Carminati, Carlo Doglioni · Earth-Science Reviews · 2012 · 366 citations

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Asymmetric extension associated with uplift and subsidence in the Transantarctic Mountains and Ross Embayment

Paul G. Fitzgerald, P. J. Barrett, Andrew Gleadow · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1986 · 179 citations

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Local aspect asymmetry of mountain glaciation: A global survey of consistency of favoured directions for glacier numbers and altitudes

Ian S. Evans · Geomorphology · 2005 · 166 citations · Full text

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Constraining tectonic uplift and advection from the main drainage divide of a mountain belt

Chuanqi He, Ci‐Jian Yang, Jens M. Turowski et al. · Nature Communications · 2021 · 80 citations · Full text

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Hillslope asymmetry maps reveal widespread, multi‐scale organization

Michael J. Poulos, Jennifer Pierce, Alejandro N. Flores et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 2012 · 74 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. IM
    Ian Meiklejohn

    University of Pretoria, South Africa

    2 publications · 34 citations

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  2. CZ
    Chao Zhou

    Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration

    1 publications · 42 citations

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  3. MJ
    Michael J. Poulos

    Boise State University, United States

    1 publications · 74 citations

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  4. IS
    Ian S. Evans

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 166 citations

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  5. JM
    Jens M. Turowski

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany

    1 publications · 80 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Sapienza University of Rome

    Rome, Italy

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    732 citations

  2. GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences

    Potsdam, Germany

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    400 citations

  3. China Earthquake Administration

    Beijing, China

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    126 citations

  4. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    358 citations

  5. British Geological Survey

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  6. Boise State University

    Boise, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    296 citations

  7. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    537 citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    96 citations

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  1. Geomorphology

    3 publications · 223 citations

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  2. South African Geographical Journal

    2 publications · 34 citations

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  3. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    2 publications · 110 citations

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  4. Earth-Science Reviews

    1 publications · 366 citations

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  5. Geographical Journal

    1 publications · 33 citations

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