Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Papers
(The TQCC of Earth Surface Processes and Landforms is 6. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Strengths and weaknesses of acoustic pipe microphone systems in ephemeral, sandy, gravel‐bed rivers44
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Structural shifts in plant functional diversity during biogeomorphic succession: Moving beyond taxonomic investigations in an alpine glacier foreland43
Ecosystem engineering by periphyton in Alpine proglacial streams33
Aeolization on the Atlantic coast of Galicia (NW Spain) from the end of the last glacial period to the present day: Chronology, origin and evolution of coastal dunes linked to sea‐level oscillations30
Post‐disturbance evolution of a prograded foredune barrier during a sustained dynamic restoration project—the role of wind speed, wind direction and vegetation29
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Unravelling fluvial versus glacial legacy controls on boulder‐bed river geomorphology for semi‐alluvial rivers in Fennoscandia28
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Death of a palaeochannel: Slow abandonment of an avulsed channel on the Riverine Plains, SE Australia26
Catastrophic overwash and rapid retreat of a gravel barrier spit during storm events (Sillon de Talbert, North Brittany, France)25
Remote detection of upland surface water storage capacity in deglaciated terrain25
The formation and evolution of Al‐rich protoliths in the southern Ribeira belt, Brazil: Insights from remnants of a Precambrian paleoweathering surface25
Predicting sediment connectivity in a mountain basin: A quantitative analysis of the index of connectivity25
Combining geophysical and geomorphological data to reconstruct the development of relief of a medieval castle site in the Spessart low mountain range, Germany25
Classifying types of gully changes with unoccupied aircraft vehicles 3D multitemporal point clouds for training of satellite data analysis in Northwest Namibia24
Bedload infilling and depositional patterns in chute cutoffs channels of a gravel‐bed river: The Ain River, France24
The how, when, and why of an abandoned bedrock meander of the Colorado River, Utah (U.S.)23
Importance of vegetation in riverbank resilience: An experimental approach23
Bedload tracing with RFID tags in gravel‐bed rivers: Review and meta‐analysis after 20 years of field and laboratory experiments22
‘Fluvial geomorphology and environmental design’: Restitution for damage, rehabilitation, restoration or rewilding?22
Confluence morphodynamics in mountain rivers in response to intense tributary bedload input21
On a ~210 t Caribbean coastal boulder: The huracanolito seaward of the ruins of the Bucanero resort, Juragua, Oriente, Cuba20
Spatiotemporal changes of desertification areas in the Alxa Desert obtained from satellite imagery20
Reconstructing active tectonics from land–sea correlations based on cross‐interpretation of core and seismic data for the Tyrrhenian coastal segment in southern Italy20
Geomorphological evidence for superimposed deformation in the southern Sichuan Basin, SW China: Implications for seismic hazards19
Multi‐annual variability of storm events and morphological response in the SW Iceland: The Valahnúkamöl boulder barrier19
Construction, destruction and fan‐river coupling dynamics during two consecutive debris flow events in an arid fluvial system19
The slow downwearing of Madagascar: Inferring patterns and controls on long‐term basin‐averaged erosion rates from in situ10Be at the catchment and regional level18
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Conceptual model of fracture‐limited sea cliff erosion: Erosion of the seaward tilted flyschs of Socoa, Basque Country, France18
Rates, factors, and tolerances of water erosion in the Cerrado biome (Brazil): A meta‐analysis of runoff plot data18
Variation in soil erosion rate under typical land uses and vertical zones in an agricultural catchment of the Daliangshan region, Southwest China18
Modelling sediment (dis)connectivity across a river network to understand locational‐transmission‐filter sensitivity for identifying hotspots of potential geomorphic adjustment18
Recurrent debris flows and their downstream fate: Geomorphic drivers of an anomalous sediment load, Suiattle River, Washington State, USA17
Mio‐Pliocene paleo‐course of Indus River in Upper Sutlej‐Zhada basin: Implication of tectonic uplift on river piracy and drainage reorganization in SW Tibet and NW Himalaya17
Simplifying Raupach's model of shear‐stress partitioning by clarifying the relationship between β and σ and quantifying the shear‐stress probability density based on numerical simulation17
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Was the termination of the Jizera River meandering during the Late Holocene caused by anthropogenic or climatic forcing?17
Drainage development on the northern Tibetan Plateau controlled by the Altyn Tagh Fault: Insights from analogue modelling17
Observations of megacusp dynamics and their coupling with crescentic bars at an open, fetch‐limited beach16
Evaluating success in a changing academic landscape16
Debris‐flow fan development and geomorphic effects in alpine canyons under a changing climate16
Long‐term drivers of shoreline change over two centuries on a headland‐embayment beach16
The influence of bedrock river morphology and alluvial cover on gravel entrainment: Part 1. Pivot angles and surface roughness16
Morphology, timing, and drivers of post‐glacial landslides in the northern Yellowstone region16
Topographic perturbation of turbulent boundary layers by low‐angle, early‐stage aeolian dunes16
The effects of wind‐generated currents on velocity asymmetry in tidal basins with varying geometries16
Evaluation of the applicability of three sediment transport capacity equations on steep colluvial slopes and their modifications16
Geomorphological evidence of the Malta‐Sicily land‐bridge during the Last Glacial Maximum inferred from seismic profiles15
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River confinement and braiding loss in Canterbury region, Aotearoa New Zealand15
Provenance of Taklimakan Desert aeolian sediments based on rare earth elements signatures15
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Utilizing geospatial tools for the assessment of river bank erosion and migration patterns in complex braided and meandering river systems15
Seasonal rotation of California pocket beaches15
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Fluviomorphic trajectories for dryland ephemeral stream channels following extreme flash floods14
Water‐induced disintegration behaviour of Malan loess14
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Simulation of loess gully evolution based on geographic cellular automata14
The formation of fan‐deltas in mountain lakes: Findings from Zelené Kežmarské Lake (Slovakia)14
Contribution of bedrock structures to the bedrock surface topography and groundwater flow systems within deep glaciofluvial aquifers in Kurikka, Western Finland14
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Hydrological and morphological responses in the São Francisco River Basin (Northeast Brazil) resulting from river damming and climate changes in a tropical region14
A pedagogy of fluvial geomorphology: Incorporating scaffolding and active learning into tertiary education courses14
Impacts of raindrops increase particle sedimentation in a sheet flow14
The impact of wind‐waves and sea level rise on the morphodynamics of a sandy estuarine shoal14
115 years of sediment deposition in a reservoir in Central Europe: Topographic change detection14
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Lichen impact on sandstone hardness is species‐specific13
A dynamic riparian forest structure model for predicting large wood inputs to meandering rivers13
Legacy sediment: A conceptual model and perspective on the role of dams13
From glaciers to large rivers: Lessons and insights from long‐term bedload monitoring13
Assessing proxy methods for measuring bedrock erodibility in fluvial impact erosion13
VedgeSat: An automated, open‐source toolkit for coastal change monitoring using satellite‐derived vegetation edges13
Coupled effects of heavy rainfall and falling water‐level exhibit the most significant influences on reservoir bank failures13
Assessment of western Oregon debris‐flow hazards in burned and unburned environments13
Disintegration characteristics of undisturbed loess in response to train vibration frequency13
Major fluvial erosion and a 500‐Mt sediment pulse triggered by lava‐dam failure, Río Coca, Ecuador13
Iron pools of the typical loess–palaeosol sequence and their environmental significance in northeastern China13
Seismic signatures of individual wave impacts on a coastal cliff13
Alluvial dynamics of a formerly glaciated Rocky Mountain headwater valley, Colorado13
The heterogeneity of the hydromorphological responses of a stream to the urbanization of its basin12
Karst landform classification considering surface flow characteristics derived from digital elevation models12
Perspectives on being a field‐based geomorphologist during pregnancy and early motherhood12
How have Cretan rivers responded to late Holocene uplift? A multi‐millennial, multi‐catchment field experiment to evaluate the applicability of Schumm and Parker's (1973) complex response model12
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Spatial gradients in bank stability response in macrotidal environments: Inferences from the Severn estuary (UK)12
Comparability of multi‐temporal DTMs derived from different LiDAR platforms: Error sources and uncertainties in the application of geomorphic impact studies12
Comparison of the return period for landslide‐triggering rainfall events in Japan based on standardization of the rainfall period12
Carbon stocks in umbric ferralsols driven by plant productivity and geomorphic processes, not by mineral protection12
Current progress in quantifying and monitoring instream large wood supply and transfer in rivers12
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Implications of a specific storm event for understanding adjustment of urban dryland channels12
Sounding out the river: Seismic and hydroacoustic monitoring of bedload transport12
Assessing ice sheet models against the landform record: The Likelihood of Accordant Lineations Analysis (LALA) tool12
What type of gully is that? The need for a classification of gullies12
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Rock–water interaction, chemical weathering and solute transport of two rivers draining contrasting climate gradients in Western Ghats, India12
Automated grain sizing from uncrewed aerial vehicles imagery of a gravel‐bed river: Benchmarking of three object‐based methods11
Evolution of riparian vegetation in response to anthropogenic effects: The Taleqan River, Iran11
Numerical modeling of groundwater‐driven stream network evolution in low‐relief post‐glacial landscapes11
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Holocene landslides in the Fraser Canyon Corridor and implications for ‘ecohazard’ assessment11
Hillslope grain size variation across evolving landscapes linked to climate, tectonics and lithology11
The unrepeatable river: Exploring chaotic variability in laboratory channels11
The synergistic effect of soil and water conservation measures on sediment supply reduction in a typical basin on the Loess Plateau, China11
Autonomous generation of alluvial fans in landscape evolution models11
Development of ornamentation on ventifacts: An examination of flow and saltation kinematic mechanisms11
A rare piedmont glaciation in the Mediterranean: Insights from cosmogenic 36Cl dating of Davraz hummocky moraine field (SW Türkiye)11
Nearshore ice complex breakup is controlled by a balance between thermal and mechanical processes11
Detection of paraglacial sediment supply using detrital 10Be in postglacial landscapes of southwest British Columbia11
Empirical modeling of streambed hydraulic conductivity in ephemeral rivers: Insights from sediment characteristics in arid environments11
Evolution, sedimentation and thermal state of the emerging pro‐glacial lakes at Witenwasserengletscher, Switzerland11
Detection of slow‐moving landslides through automated monitoring of surface deformation using Sentinel‐2 satellite imagery11
Runoff–sediment dynamics and degradation patterns in an abandoned terraced landscape on the Loess Plateau11
Evaluating the morphodynamics of a spit complex (Punta Rasa, Argentina): Implications for mid‐term evolution of coastal plains11
Channel adjustments over 50 years in response to climate change and human activities in the Parlung Zangbo River, Tibetan Plateau, China11
Instability mechanism and control measures of loess slope induced by heavy rainfall11
Topographic controls on ice flow and recession for Juneau Icefield (Alaska/British Columbia)11
Effects of rainfall patterns, vegetation cover types and antecedent soil moisture on run‐off and soil loss of typical Luvisol in southern China10
Do feral pigs increase soil erosion? A monsoonal northern Australia case study10
Editorial 2025: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms—The 50th volume10
Dynamic bedrock channel width during knickpoint retreat enhances undercutting of coupled hillslopes10
Reconstructing basal ice flow patterns of the Last Glacial Maximum Rhine glacier (northern Alpine foreland) based on streamlined subglacial landforms10
Determining pore size distribution in rocks using shear‐thinning fluids: Utilisation of the method in geomorphology10
Inferring channel incision in gravel‐bed rivers: Integrating LiDAR data, historical aerial photographs and drone‐based SfM topo‐bathymetry10
Source of the aeolian sediments in the Yarlung Tsangpo valley and its potential dust contribution to adjacent oceans10
Influence of orographic precipitation on coevolving landforms and vegetation in semi‐arid ecosystems10
Study of clay degradation in an earthslide combining OBIA and roughness analysis of UAV‐based optical images10
Increased asymmetry of pit‐over‐peak statistics with landscape smoothing10
Insights into permafrost aggradation and thawing: A case study of Zonag Lake on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau using SAR interferometry10
Quantifying the effects of carborundum rock surface smoothing for Schmidt hammer R‐value metrics measured on glacial erratics in the North American Great Lakes region10
Soil erosion resistance of gully system under different plant communities on the Loess Plateau of China10
Seismic and radon signatures: A multiparametric approach to monitor surface dynamics of a hazardous 2021 rock–ice avalanche, Chamoli Himalaya10
Inundation and flow properties of a runoff‐generated debris flow following successive high‐severity wildfires in northern Arizona, USA10
The influence of bedrock river morphology and alluvial cover on gravel entrainment. Part 2: Modelling critical shear stress10
The role of bathymetry and directional wave conditions on observed crescentic bar dynamics10
Biocrust as a surface protection of erodible nebkhas10
Relevance of field data in the assessment of structural and functional sediment connectivity in a small catchment of southern Brazilian plateau10
Assessing performance of a “nature‐based” foredune restoration project, Oceano Dunes, California, USA10
Eemian landscape response to climatic shifts and evidence for northerly Neanderthal occupation at a palaeolake margin in northern Germany9
Calibration and validation of the SSSPAM coupled soilscape–landform evolution model for simulating short‐term gully development on a post‐mining landform9
Moisture patterns and fluxes in evolving tafoni developed in arkosic sandstone in temperate climate9
Inbuilt age, residence time, and inherited age from radiocarbon dates of modern fires and late Holocene deposits, Western Transverse Ranges, California9
Disintegration characteristics of sodic–saline loessial soil after freeze–thaw and wet–dry cycles9
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Hydrogeomorphology of the origin of the Amazon River, the confluence between the Marañón and Ucayali rivers9
Impacts of in‐stream aggregate mining on the distributary channels of the alluvial fans of Tafí valley (Northwest Argentina)9
A method for segmentation of pebble images in the presence of shadows9
Cosmogenic 10Be‐ and 21Ne‐based model exposure ages of desert pavements in the Thar Desert, India9
Assessment of a revised dust prediction model for Mildura, Australia9
Pluri‐decadal evolution of rock glaciers surface velocity and its impact on sediment export rates towards high alpine torrents9
Rapid riparian vegetation development and channel stabilization linked to glacier retreat within a large transboundary watershed9
Coastal erosion and sediment reworking caused by hurricane Irma – implications for storm impact on low‐lying tropical islands9
Sediment transport at the network scale and its link to channel morphology in the braided Vjosa River system9
Formation, development and movement of ords along the Holderness coast (UK): A comparison between 1994–1998 and 2010–2020 in response to changing morphodynamic and hydrodynamic conditions9
Disentangling late quaternary fluvial and climatic drivers of palaeohydrological change in the Najaf Sea basin, Western Iraq9
The impact of lateral flow contraction on the rock plucking process under sub‐critical flow conditions9
Trends in post‐1950 riparian vegetation recovery in coastal catchments of NSW Australia: Implications for remote sensing analysis, forecasting and river management9
Quantifying the impacts of climate change and human activities on runoff and suspended sediment load in the Lhasa River Basin, Tibetan Plateau9
Changes in shore platform wetting and drying cycles following the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake: Implications for incipient marine terrace evolution9
115 years of sediment deposition in a reservoir in Central Europe: Effects of the industrial history and environmental protection on heavy metals and microplastic9
Proglacial lake evolution coincident with glacier dynamics in the frontal zone of Kvíárjökull, South‐East Iceland9
The fluvial architecture of buried floodplain sediments of the Weiße Elster River (Germany) revealed by a novel method combination of drill cores with two‐dimensional and spatially resolved geophysica9
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The morphology of fluvial‐tidal dunes: Lower Columbia River, Oregon/Washington, USA9
Modelling seasonal variation of gully erosion at the catchment scale9
Correction to ‘A karst rather than periglacial origin for small enclosed depressions of the Landes Triangle, southwest France’8
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Genesis of subglacial triangular‐shaped landforms (murtoos) formed by the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet8
Salt‐marsh retreat on different time scales: Issues and prospects from a 5‐year monitoring campaign in the Venice Lagoon8
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New Zealand's braided rivers: The land the law forgot8
Vegetation and channel adjustment trajectories in cold regions: The effects of ice disturbances in two Gaspesian rivers8
Predicting soil erosion and sediment delivery in large, data‐sparse, mountainous basins8
Controlling effect of sliding zone soil on rainfall‐triggered colluvial landslide in Qinling‐Bashan Mountains – A typical case study8
Timing, volume and precursory indicators of rock‐ and cliff fall on a permafrost mountain ridge (Mattertal, Switzerland)8
Differences in sediment provenance from rainfall and snowmelt erosion in the Mollisol region of Northeast China8
Spatial and temporal controls on proglacial erosion rates: A comparison of four basins on Mount Rainier, 1960 to 20178
Flood risk of embanked areas and potential use of dredge spoils as mitigation measures in the southwest region of the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna Delta, Bangladesh8
Contemporary research in coastal dunes and aeolian processes8
Seasonal morphodynamics of multiple intertidal bars (MITBs) on a meso‐ to macrotidal beach8
Long‐term geomorphic response of a southwestern USA river following establishment and removal of an invasive riparian tree8
The giant 1960 tsunami in the context of a 6000‐year record of paleotsunamis and coastal evolution in south‐central Chile8
Dynamics and internal structure of a rock glacier: Inferring relationships from the combined use of differential synthetic aperture radar interferometry, electrical resistivity tomography and ground‐p8
Late Holocene rupture history of the Ash Hill fault, Eastern California Shear Zone, and the potential for seismogenic strain transfer between nearby faults8
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The development of laterite weathering profiles as a function of rainfall and time: A geophysical approach8
Blowout dynamics in lime‐rich and lime‐poor coastal dunes in the Netherlands8
Correction to A regime shift in sediment export from a coastal watershed during a record wet winter, California: Implications for landscape response to hydroclimatic extremes8
Soil erosion and sediment transport in Tanzania: Part I – sediment source tracing in three neighbouring river catchments8
Improving hydroacoustic methods for monitoring suspended‐sand flux and grain size in sediment‐laden rivers8
Channel‐reach morphology and landscape properties are linked across a large heterogeneous region8
The effects of cyanobacterial biofilms on water transport and retention of natural building stones8
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Evaluation of multiple time scale rainfall erosivity models: A case study of subtropical regions in Central China7
Decadal‐scale impacts of changing mangrove extent on hydrodynamics and sediment transport in a quiescent, mesotidal estuary7
A framework to facilitate development and testing of image‐based river velocimetry algorithms7
Landscape evolution and sediment delivery in a High Arctic proglacial lake, Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago7
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Direct measurement of the inertial drag and lift forces on entrained coarse particles at various protrusion heights7
Downstream fining of fluvial gravels along the eastern Tibetan Plateau rivers7
Riverine aquatic plants trap propagules and fine sediment: Implications for ecosystem engineering and management under contrasting land uses7
Different styles of subglacial soft bed hydrology: Examples from Breiðamerkurjökull and Fjallsjökull, Iceland7
Quantitative reconstruction of competing sources reveals spatial heterogeneity and complex aeolian–fluvial interactions in the Horqin Sandy Land, NE China7
Islands in the stream: Wood‐induced deposition and erosion in the river corridor7
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Wind flow dynamics and sand deposition behind excavated foredune notches on developed coasts7
The geomorphological record of an ice stream to ice shelf transition in Northeast Greenland7
Annual and decadal net morphological displacement of a small gravel‐bed channel7
Biogeomorphic assessment of natural streambank structures in the Alps: A step to improve soil and water bioengineering techniques7
Morphotectonic forcing and anthropogenic impact behind a recently emerged relict island of the Brahmaputra River7
Effects of unsteady characteristics of sediment‐laden overland flow on soil detachment rate7
A geomorphic perspective on discharge–area relationships7
Fetch‐driven aeolian sediment transport on a sandy beach: A new study7
Understanding tectonics from fluvial topography by using the stochastic‐threshold incision model: Theory and application to the Dadu River basin, eastern Tibetan Plateau7
Channel head response to anthropogenic landscape modification: A case study from the North Carolina Piedmont, USA, with implications for water quality7
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The grain size of sediments delivered to steep debris‐flow prone channels prior to and following wildfire7
PS‐InSAR post‐processing for assessing the spatio‐temporal differential kinematics of complex landslide systems: A case study of DeBeque Canyon Landslide (Colorado, USA)7
Biogeomorphological inheritance: The legacy of past landforms constrains future tropical coastal landscapes7
Surface slip variability on strike‐slip faults7
Geomorphic consequences of freshwater discharge and microbial mats in a macrotidal environment: The case of the beach of Dannes (northern France)7
Magnitude and timing of transient incision resulting from large‐scale drainage capture, Sutlej River, Northwest Himalaya7
Equilibrium of morphological units in anabranching rivers7
Observations and modeling of shear stress reduction and sediment flux within sparse dune grass canopies on managed coastal dunes7
Measuring the grain‐size distributions of mass movement deposits7
Structural control of bedrock river alignment and morphology in the Fraser Canyon, British Columbia, Canada7
Backwasting rock sheets of the Navajo Sandstone, Utah, USA6
Spring erosional processes and small sapping valleys in southwestern lower Michigan, USA6
River adjustments in response to human activities: A case study of the lower Beijiang River, China6
Post‐fire management effects on sediment (dis)connectivity in Mediterranean forest ecosystems: Channel and catchment response6
Guidance for parameterizing post‐fire hydrologic models with in situ infiltration measurements6
Characterization of post‐event kinematics of Baige landslide using multi‐source remotely‐sensed imagery6
Geomorphological evolution in transitional environments on the eastern coast of Brazil6
A Kalman filter‐Hungarian algorithm with a postprocessor for tracking aeolian saltating particle in high‐speed video6
Soil erosion and sediment transport in Tanzania: Part II – sedimentological evidence of phased land degradation6
Spatial transferability of the physically based model TRIGRS using parameter ensembles6
Driving mechanisms and hydro‐chemical variation for assessing salt‐induced weathering of sandstone in grotto relics6
Tiny niche terrain induces gully headcut retreat6
Modelling the impact of a dam‐break wave on a vertical wall6
Climate‐change driven increased flood magnitudes and frequency in the British uplands: Geomorphologically informed scientific underpinning for upland flood‐risk management6
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