World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

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Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
5040
World Ranking
8250
National Ranking
839

Best Publications

  • Rockglaciers: Indicators for the Present and Former Geoecology in High Mountain Environments

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  • The use of fractals and pseudofractals in the analysis of two-dimensional outlines: Review and further exploration

    W. Brian Whalley;Julian D. Orford

  • Rock glaciers and mountain hydrology: A review

    Darren B. Jones;Stephan Harrison;Karen Anderson;W. Brian Whalley

  • The use of the fractal dimension to quantify the morphology of irregular‐shaped particles

    J. D. Orford;W. B. Whalley

  • Rock glaciers : II models and mechanisms

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  • A scanning electron microscope study of surface textures of quartz grains from glacial environments

    W. Brian Whalley;David H. Krinsley

  • Glacial Geologic Processes

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  • Rock glaciers and protalus landforms: Analogous forms and ice sources on Earth and Mars

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  • Rock glaciers

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  • Blockfields, old or new? Evidence and implications from some plateaus in northern Norway

    Brice R. Rea;W.Brian Whalley;Michelle M. Rainey;John E. Gordon

  • Sources of non-glacial loess-size quartz silt and the origins of 'desert loess'

    B.J. Smith;J.S. Wright;W.B. Whalley

  • Origin of desert loess from some experimental observations

    W. B. Whalley;J. R. Marshall;B. J. Smith

  • Environmental discrimination based on quartz grain surface textures: a statistical investigation

    S. J. Culver;P. A. Bull;S. Campbell;R. A. Shakesby

  • Rock glacier nomenclature: A re-assessment

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  • Plateau icefields: Geomorphology and dynamics

    Brice Reid Rea;W B Whalley;D J A Evens;J E Gordon

  • Geomorphology and style of plateau icefield deglaciation in fjord terrains: the example of Troms‐Finnmark, north Norway

    David J. A. Evans;Brice R. Rea;James D. Hansom;W. Brian Whalley

  • Rheological models of active rock glaciers: Evaluation, critique and a possible test

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  • Aeolian abrasion of quartz particles and the production of silt-size fragments: preliminary results

    W. B. Whalley;B. J. Smith;J. J. McAlister;A. J. Edwards

  • The Magnitude and Frequency of Large Rockslides in Iceland in the Postglacial

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  • Uplift, erosion and stability: perspectives on long-term landscape development

    Bernard J. Smith;W. Brian Whalley;Patricia A. Warke

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