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Abrasion; Baer—Babinet Law; Cirques; Cryology, Cryosphere, Cryergy; Denudation; Drainage Patterns; Duricrust; Frost Action; Geomorphology; Mass Wasting; Nivation; Periglacial Landscapes; Quaternary Period; Rivers; Sheet Erosion, Sheetwash, Rainwash, Sheetflood; Slip-off Slope; Slope Analysis; Slopes; Solifluction; Valley Evolution; Weathering.
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Wilson, L. (1968). Asymmetric valleys. In: Geomorphology. Encyclopedia of Earth Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31060-6_16
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