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29 Jul 2026

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Valley longitudinal profiles record the fluvial landscape evolution and geological structure of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains, East Antarctica

Guy J. G. Paxman, Fiona J. Clubb, Stewart S. R. Jamieson, and Alexander L. Densmore

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 575–599, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-575-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-575-2026, 2026

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27 Jul 2026

Mapping permafrost distribution and thaw depths in the Inner Tien Shan: A CryoGrid-based modeling approach integrating geophysical data

Tamara Mathys, Sergey S. Marchenko, Sebastian Westermann, Luke Gregor, Léo C. P. Martin, Murataly Duishonakunov, Christian Hauck, Mohammad Farzamian, Teddi Herring, Christin Hilbich, Ruslan Kenzhebaev, Mukhammad Esenaman uulu, Timur Musaev, Zhoodarbeshim Bektursunov, Ryskul Usubaliev, Isabella Brining, Tomas Saks, and Martin Hoelzle

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2756,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2756, 2026

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17 Jul 2026

The geomorphology of burrowing bioturbation in the Central French Pyrenees

Marijke Van Cappellen, Sofie Annys, Marta Loreggian, Brice Dupin, and Amaury Frankl

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2910,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2910, 2026

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15 Jul 2026

Sediment storage and routing in bedrock canyons

Chloe B. A. Ross, Julia C. Carr, Jeff E. Larimer, Max Hurson, Leonard S. Sklar, Morgan Wright, Nick Viner, and Jeremy G. Venditti

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 553–573, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-553-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-553-2026, 2026

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14 Jul 2026

Climatic, tectonic and landslide-dam signals preserved in alluvial terraces of the Naryn Basin, Kyrgyzstan

Andreas Ruby, Taylor F. Schildgen, Fergus McNab, Andrew D. Wickert, Apolline Mariotti, Hella Wittmann, Bolot Moldobekov, Thomas Kolb, and Markus Fuchs

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-3489,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-3489, 2026

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14 Jul 2026

ImageGrains 2.0: Improved precision and generalization for grain segmentation

David Mair, Guillaume Witz, Ariel Do Prado, Philippos Garefalakis, Amanda Wild, Fanny Ville, Bennet Schuster, Michael Horn, Jürgen Österle, Stefano C. Fabbri, Camille Litty, Stefan Achleitner, Sebastian Leistner, Clemens Hiller, and Fritz Schlunegger

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 527–551, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-527-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-527-2026, 2026

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10 Jul 2026

Do the same river engineering works cause the same morphological adjustments? Context matters!

Gabrielle Seignemartin, Brice Mourier, Jérémie Riquier, and Hervé Piégay

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-3582,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-3582, 2026

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09 Jul 2026

Prediction of precipitation-induced landslides and sediment discharge at the basin scale using machine learning

Riho Kido, Takuya Inoue, and Kazuki Yamanoi

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2689,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2689, 2026

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09 Jul 2026

Geological controls on the formation and evolution of shoreface-connected ridges: new insights from the Stroombank sand ridge (Belgian coast)

Víctor Cartelle, Soetkin Vervust, Thomas Mestdagh, Wout Van Wesemael, Yağız Arda Çiçek, Christian Schwarz, Tine Missiaen, Tim Kinnaird, and Ruth Plets

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2791,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2791, 2026

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07 Jul 2026

Evolution of seepage driven networks in the lab

Céleste Romon, Eric Lajeunesse, and François Métivier

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 517–525, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-517-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-517-2026, 2026

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06 Jul 2026

Characterizing Experimental Alluvial Fan Dynamics Using Dense Optical Flow and DEMs of Difference

Nastaran Nematollahi, Brett Eaton, and Sarah Davidson

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1967,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1967, 2026

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29 Jun 2026

Discrete differential geometry of fluvial landscapes

Nathaniel Klema, Leif Karlstrom, and Joshua Roering

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 493–515, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-493-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-493-2026, 2026

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24 Jun 2026

Grain roughness controls on velocity and bed stress fields around a fully protruding obstacle in supercritical flow

Angel Monsalve and Oscar Link

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 469–491, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-469-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-469-2026, 2026

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15 Jun 2026

Systematic valley floor extraction for characterizing valley width distribution in mountain landscapes : comparison between hydraulic and geometrical approaches

Aude Lurin, Philippe Steer, Fiona Clubb, and Boris Gailleton

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-3145,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-3145, 2026

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15 Jun 2026

Mud volcano dynamics in Azerbaijan: the overlooked role of creeping mud flows in landscape evolution

Caroline Fenske, Petr Brož, and Adriano Mazzini

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 433–442, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-433-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-433-2026, 2026

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10 Jun 2026

From XRD signal to erosion rate maps

Fien De Doncker, Frédéric Herman, Bruno Belotti, and Thierry Adatte

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 443–467, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-443-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-443-2026, 2026

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10 Jun 2026

How hidden variables limit the performance of shallow landslide susceptibility models

Tobias Halter, Manfred Stähli, Alexander Bast, Peter Lehmann, and Jordan Aaron

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2858,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2858, 2026

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02 Jun 2026

Parameter estimation of river incision models of soft sedimentary rocks – a case study on the Kamikita Coastal Plain, northeast Japan

Shizuka Takai, Tomoji Sanga, Taro Shimada, and Seiji Takeda

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 417–432, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-417-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-417-2026, 2026

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26 May 2026

TopoToolbox 3, a laboratory for quantitative geomorphology

William Kearney, Gina Arnau, Theophil Bringezu, Michael Dietze, Boris Gailleton, Anna-Lena Lamprecht, Kilian Lenz, Richard Ott, Dirk Scherler, Philippe Steer, and Wolfgang Schwanghart

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2478,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2478, 2026

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21 May 2026

Assessing sedimentological proxies for characterizing tropical storm deposits in the Chandipur coastal region of Bay of Bengal, India: A modern analog for paleotempestology

Koushik Saha, Antareep Nandy, Kalben Wanchu Bhutia, and John S. Armstrong-Altrin

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2347,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2347, 2026

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20 May 2026

Late Pleistocene Aggradation and Holocene Surface Reworking of Fluvial Terraces in the glacially overprinted Western Higher Himalaya

Jonas Kordt, Saptarshi Dey, Bodo Bookhagen, Georg Rugel, Johannes Lachner, Carlos Vivo-Vilches, Naveen Chauhan, and Rasmus Thiede

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2382,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2382, 2026

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12 May 2026

OrthoSAM: multi-scale extension of the Segment Anything Model for river pebble delineation from large orthophotos

Vito Chan, Aljoscha Rheinwalt, and Bodo Bookhagen

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 391–416, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-391-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-391-2026, 2026

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11 May 2026

Combined luminescence dating and ice-flow modelling to track Holocene sediment transport and storage in the Mer de Glace catchment, French Alps

Léa Rodari, Audrey Margirier, Ann V. Rowan, Christoph Schmidt, Remy Veness, Charlotte S. Curry, Alex C. Scoffield, Christiaan R. Diemont, Faye Perchanok, Guillaume Jouvet, Vivi Pedersen, Derek Fabel, and Georgina E. King

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1536,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1536, 2026

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08 May 2026

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Coastal process understanding through automated identification of recurring surface dynamics in permanent laser scanning data of a sandy beach

Daan Hulskemper, José A. Á. Antolínez, Roderik Lindenbergh, and Katharina Anders

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 329–359, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-329-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-329-2026, 2026

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08 May 2026

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First Alps-wide reconstruction of LGM glacial sediment transport enabled by GPU-accelerated particle tracking

Tancrède P. M. Leger, Guillaume Jouvet, Sarah Kamleitner, Brandon D. Finley, Maxime Bernard, Balthazar Allegri, Frédéric Herman, Andreas Vieli, Andreas Henz, and Samuel U. Nussbaumer

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 361–389, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-361-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-361-2026, 2026

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04 May 2026

Sediment transport capacity in a large braided river: integrating substrate mapping with flow scenarios

Justin Macintosh Rogers, James Brasington, and Jo Hoyle

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2149,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2149, 2026

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28 Apr 2026

"Fertile islands from above": Utilising UAS imagery to map argan forest patches in a UNESCO biosphere reserve in Morocco

Lars Engelmann, Irene Marzolff, Mario Kirchhoff, Manuel Seeger, Robin Stephan, Ali Aït Hssaine, and Johannes B. Ries

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1587,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1587, 2026

Preprint under review for ESurf (discussion: open, 4 comments)

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22 Apr 2026

An integrated deep learning framework enables rapid spatiotemporal morphodynamic predictions toward long-term simulations

Mohamed M. Fathi, Zihan Liu, Anjali M. Fernandes, Michael T. Hren, Dennis O. Terry Jr., C. Nataraj, and Virginia Smith

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 313–327, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-313-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-313-2026, 2026

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13 Apr 2026

TerraceM-3: integrating machine learning and ICESat-2 altimetry to estimate deformation rates from wave-abrasion terraces

Julius Jara-Muñoz, Jürgen Mey, Roland Freisleben, Daniel Melnick, Markus Weiss, Patricio Winckler, Chrystelle Mavoungou, and Manfred R. Strecker

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 291–311, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-291-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-291-2026, 2026

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13 Apr 2026

Disentangling the contributions of external forcings and internal factors to future alpine sediment fan dynamics

Philipp Daniel Gewalt, Thomas C. Wagner, and Michael Krautblatter

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1699,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1699, 2026

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08 Apr 2026

Spatiotemporal dynamics of shear stress partitioning around vegetation in a sparsely vegetated dryland

Pei Zhang, Brandon L. Edwards, John A. Gillies, George Nikolich, Andrew Trautz, Brandi Wheeler, and Nancy P. Ziegler

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1635,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1635, 2026

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31 Mar 2026

Erosion and dispersal processes drive vegetation trajectories in a highly erosive badland catchment

Caroline Le Bouteiller, Thomas De Almeida, Juliette Pellerano, Arthur Bayle, Philippe Choler, Laurent Borgniet, Hemanti Sharma, and Sebastien Klotz

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-834,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-834, 2026

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30 Mar 2026

Looking for Seismic Signatures in the Landscape: A Landslide-Based Record of Holocene Fault Ruptures in the Puget Lowland

Obinna Ozioko, Adam Booth, Alison Duvall, and Erich Herzig

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-6555,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-6555, 2026

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24 Mar 2026

Experimental study of time-averaged flow and turbulence over asymmetric tidal dunes

Kevin Bobiles, Bernhard Kondziella, Christina Carstensen, Elda Miramontes, Ingrid Holzwarth, and Alice Lefebvre

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 269–289, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-269-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-269-2026, 2026

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23 Mar 2026

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Limited influence of bedrock strength on river profiles: the dominant role of sediment dynamics

Nanako Yamanishi and Hajime Naruse

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 247–268, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-247-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-247-2026, 2026

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20 Mar 2026

Spatiotemporal dynamics of Sentinel-2 NDVI as indicators of bio-hydromorphological interactions: implications for river management

Yuexia Zhou, Yuji Toda, and Runye Zhu

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 233–246, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-233-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-233-2026, 2026

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17 Mar 2026

Discriminating fluvial fans and deltas: channel network morphometrics reflect distinct formative processes

Luke Gezovich, Piret Plink-Björklund, and Jack Henry

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 211–231, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-211-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-211-2026, 2026

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16 Mar 2026

New experiments to probe the role of fractures in bedrock on river erosion rate and processes

Marion Fournereau, Laure Guerit, Philippe Steer, Jean-Jacques Kermarrec, Paul Leroy, Christophe Lanos, Hélène Hivert, Claire Astrié, and Dimitri Lague

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 191–210, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-191-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-191-2026, 2026

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06 Mar 2026

Alluvial river-channel width: transient adjustment and dynamic equilibrium

Andrew D. Wickert, Jabari C. Jones, Devon Libby, Phillip H. Larson, Katherine R. Barnhart, Maximillian S. Van Wyk de Vries, and Taylor F. Schildgen

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1018,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1018, 2026

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02 Mar 2026

Forecasting coastal dune mobility: A logistic regression model driven by meteorological data and climate indices

Mauricio Toffani and Silvio Casadio

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-377,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-377, 2026

Revised manuscript under review for ESurf (discussion: final response, 6 comments)

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18 Feb 2026

New outdoor experimental river facility to study river dynamics

Basem M. M. Mahmoud, Emily Dickson, André Renault, Mélanie Trudel, Pascale M. Biron, Leonard S. Sklar, and Jay Lacey

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 175–190, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-175-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-175-2026, 2026

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17 Feb 2026

Lift or impact: modeling bedrock incision coupled with sediment dynamics

Philippe Davy, Wolfgang Schwanghart, Jürgen Mey, Caroline Darcel, and Angela Landgraf

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-420,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-420, 2026

Revised manuscript accepted for ESurf (discussion: final response, 9 comments)

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13 Feb 2026

At-a-site and between-site variability of bedload transport, inferred from continuous surrogate monitoring, and comparison to predictive equations

Dieter Rickenmann

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 115–139, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-115-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-115-2026, 2026

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13 Feb 2026

A numerical model for duricrust formation by laterisation

Caroline Fenske, Jean Braun, Cécile Robin, and François Guillocheau

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 141–174, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-141-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-141-2026, 2026

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11 Feb 2026

Channel Dynamics in an Experimental Alluvial Fan Under Constant Boundary Conditions: A Classification of Avulsion and Lateral Migration Events

Nastaran Nematollahi, Brett Eaton, and Sarah Davidson

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5934,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-5934, 2026

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05 Feb 2026

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Investigating controls on fluvial grain sizes in post-glacial landscapes using citizen science

Anya H. Towers, Mikael Attal, Simon M. Mudd, and Fiona J. Clubb

Earth Surf. Dynam., 14, 95–113, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-95-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-95-2026, 2026

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04 Feb 2026

Seasonal thermo-hydro-mechanical dynamics of permafrost rockwalls revealed by automated electrical resistivity monitoring

Maike Offer, Ingo Hartmeyer, Samuel Weber, Markus Keuschnig, and Michael Krautblatter

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-6091,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-6091, 2026

Revised manuscript under review for ESurf (discussion: final response, 7 comments)

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03 Feb 2026

A new sediment budget for the Congo River Basin reveals underestimated tributary contributions and large-scale deposition

Nathan Carlier, Matti Barthel, Antoine de Clippele, Lissie Willemijn de Groot, Travis William Drake, Jordon Dennis Hemingway, Yi Hou, José Nlandu Wabakanghanzi, Joseph Zambo Mandea, Pengzhi Zhao, Johan Six, and Kristof Van Oost

EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-247,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-247, 2026

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