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Mud Cracks

Mud Cracks is a type of sedimentary structure characterized by a polygonal network of cracks formed by the desiccation of clay-rich sediment exposed to air at the Earth's surface.

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229

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2017–2026

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77

An Experimental Study of Cracking Induced by Desiccation

Alexander Groisman, Ebubekir Kaplan · Europhysics Letters (EPL) · 1994 · 291 citations

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Mechanisms of Ytterbium Monosilicate/Mullite/Silicon Coating Failure During Thermal Cycling in Water Vapor

Bradley T. Richards, Matthew R. Begley, H.N.G. Wadley · Journal of the American Ceramic Society · 2015 · 235 citations

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Small‐scale Martian polygonal terrain: Implications for liquid surface water

N. Seibert, Jeffrey S. Kargel · Geophysical Research Letters · 2001 · 173 citations

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Evolution of mud-crack patterns during repeated drying cycles

Lucas Goehring, Rebecca Conroy, Asad Akhter et al. · Soft Matter · 2010 · 147 citations

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Structure of surface cracks in soil and muds

B. Velde · Geoderma · 1999 · 133 citations

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Authors

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  1. LG
    Lucas Goehring

    Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Germany

    3 publications · 252 citations

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  2. SL
    Sandric Lesourd

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 29 citations

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  3. EM
    E. M. Kindle

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    2 publications · 110 citations

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  4. AG
    Antoine Gardel

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 29 citations

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  5. EJ
    Edward J. Anthony

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 29 citations

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Institutions

101

  1. Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

    Göttingen, Germany

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    254 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    245 citations

  3. China University of Geosciences (Beijing)

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    15 publications

    273 citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    63 citations

  5. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    184 citations

  6. Astrogeology Science Center

    Flagstaff, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    184 citations

  7. University of Tennessee at Knoxville

    Knoxville, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    95 citations

  8. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    92 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Sedimentary Research

    JSR · 12 publications · 461 citations

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  2. Sedimentology

    4 publications · 197 citations

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  3. The Journal of Geology

    JG · 3 publications · 169 citations

    3

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  4. Soft Matter

    2 publications · 195 citations

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  5. AAPG Bulletin

    2 publications · 42 citations

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