Welcome to my website. I am a researcher at the Geological Survey of Israel (Jerusalem) and an associate professor at the University of Washington, Department of Earth & Space Sciences (Seattle, WA). My research focuses on:

  • Tectonic geomorphology
  • Landscape evolution (Earth & Mars)
  • Rock weathering processes in arid environments
  • Martian slope streaks
  • Coastal dynamics – Bathymetric LiDAR
Education:
Ph.D. – 2007, Earth & Space Sciences, Univ. of Washington.
M.Sc. – 2001, Geology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
B.Sc. – 1998, Geology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.		 email: mushkin@gsi.gov.il
Address: Room C346
32 Yishayahu Leibovitz st.
Jerusalem, Israel 9692100

Recent Publications:

  • Rasmussen M, Eppes M. C, Yuan, Y., Meredith, P.,  Hofer Apostolidis, K., Mitchell, T., Rinehart, A., Mushkin, A., Webb, P., Reynolds, V., Hidy, A., Berberich, S., Keanini, R., Dahlquist M. and  Xu T. (2025). Evolving physical and mechanical rock properties during exposure at Earth’s surface. Geomorphology, 488 (109943). PDF
  • Shaanan, U., Mushkin, A., Rasmussen, M., Sagy, A., Meredith, P., Nara, Y., Keanini, R. and Eppes, M.C. (2024) Progressive fracturing in alluvial clasts. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 136(3-4), 1097-1110. PDF
  • Dente, E., Katz, O., Crouvi, O. and Mushkin, A.  (2023). The Geomorphic Effectiveness of Landslides. Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 128(12), e2023JF007191.
  • Ben-Asher, M., Mushkin, A., Lensky, N., Amit, R., Eppes, M. C., Ming, D., Shelef, E., Sletten, R. (2023) Salt deliquescence along boulder cracks in the Antarctic Dry Valleys: An overlooked source of moisture for rock weathering processes. Geomorphology 437 (108800). PDF
  • Shmilovitz, A., Shelef, E., Wieler, N., Zhang, H, and Mushkin, A. (2023) Estimating the age of abandoned alluvial surfaces using morphologic dating of gully incision. Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, 128 no. 3, e2022JF006875
  • Naor, R., Mushkin, A., Halevy, I. (2023) Morphometric constraints on the formation of new terrestrial analogs for planetary pits. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 135, no. 9-10 (2023): 2200-2218. PDF
  • Shmilovitz, Y., Marra, F., Enzel, Y., Morin, E., Armon, M., Matmon, A., Mushkin, A., Levi, Y., Khain, P., Rossi, M., Tucker, G., Pederson, J., Haviv, I. (2023). The impact of extreme rainstorms on escarpment morphology in arid areas: insights from the central Negev Desert. Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface. 128, no. 10 (2023): e2023JF007093.