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Mountain Escarpments

Mountain Escarpments is a geomorphological feature characterized by a steep, abrupt slope or long cliff that forms a significant break in elevation between adjacent terrain levels, typically resulting from tectonic faulting or differential erosion along mountain margins.

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Escarpment evolution on high‐elevation rifted margins: Insights derived from a surface processes model that combines diffusion, advection, and reaction

Henk Kooi, Christopher Beaumont · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1994 · 387 citations

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Mars: Fretted and chaotic terrains

Robert P. Sharp · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1973 · 312 citations · Full text

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Geomorphic expression of active tectonics in a rapidly-deforming forearc, Sila massif, Calabria, southern Italy

Paola Molin · American Journal of Science · 2004 · 270 citations

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Submarine slope angles, drowning unconformities, and self-erosion of limestone escarpments

Wolfgang Schlager, Oren Camber · Geology · 1986 · 194 citations

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DEM-based morphometry of range-front escarpments in Attica, central Greece, and its relation to fault slip rates

Athanassios Ganas, Spyros Pavlides, V. Karastathis · Geomorphology · 2004 · 156 citations

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Authors

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  1. PM
    Piotr Migoń

    University of Wrocław, Poland

    5 publications · 207 citations

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  2. FD
    Filip Duszyński

    University of Wrocław, Poland

    3 publications · 165 citations

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  3. DJ
    Dylan J. Ward

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  4. AF
    Abdel-Rahman Fowler

    United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  5. FN
    Fred N. Spiess

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    2 publications · 29 citations

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Institutions

103

  1. University of Wrocław

    Wroclaw, Poland

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    560 citations

  2. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    200 citations

  3. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    86 citations

  4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    44 citations

  5. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    43 citations

  6. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    105 citations

  7. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    76 citations

  8. University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    56 citations

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  1. Geomorphology

    10 publications · 457 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 5 publications · 850 citations

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  3. Geology

    4 publications · 454 citations

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  4. Geological Magazine

    3 publications · 54 citations

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  5. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    3 publications · 71 citations

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