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Tafoni Formation

Tafoni Formation is a geomorphological process denoting the development of concave, cave-like cavities in rock surfaces, distinguished by its characteristic honeycomb or lattice-like patterns resulting from localized differential weathering, typically in granular or porous rock influenced by salt, moisture, and thermal factors.

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The role of rock surface hardness and internal moisture in tafoni development in sandstone

Lisa Mol, Heather Viles · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms · 2011 · 94 citations · Full text

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Role of Salts in Development of Granitic Tafoni, South Australia

W. C. Bradley, J. T. Hutton, C. R. Twidale · The Journal of Geology · 1978 · 85 citations

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Tafoni on coastal slopes, South Devon, U.K.

D. N. Mottershead, Kenneth Pye · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms · 1994 · 83 citations

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Tafoni in the El Chorro area, Andalucia, southern Spain

A. Mellor, J. Short, S. J. Kirkby · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms · 1997 · 67 citations

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A Physical Model for the Rate of Coastal Tafoni Development

Tsuguo Sunamura · The Journal of Geology · 1996 · 57 citations

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Authors

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  1. KH
    Kevin Hall

    University of Northern British Columbia, Canada

    4 publications · 124 citations

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  2. LM
    Lisa Mol

    University of the West of England, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 136 citations

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  3. HV
    Heather Viles

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 136 citations

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  4. TR
    Thomas R. Paradise

    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, United States

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  5. LC
    Liuqin Chen

    East China University of Technology, China

    1 publications · 18 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    124 citations

  2. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    314 citations

  3. University of Northern British Columbia

    Prince George, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  4. East China University of Technology

    Nanchang, China

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    108 citations

  5. University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

    Fayetteville, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    105 citations

  6. University of Insubria

    Varese, Italy

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    83 citations

  7. University of Salzburg

    Salzburg, Austria

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  8. University of Wrocław

    Wroclaw, Poland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

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  1. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    8 publications · 427 citations

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  2. Geomorphology

    4 publications · 83 citations

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  3. The Journal of Geology

    JG · 3 publications · 153 citations

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  4. Medical Entomology and Zoology

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  5. Applied Geography

    1 publications · 21 citations

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