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
  • Coastal dynamics
  • Martian slope streaks
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:

  • Dente, E., Katz, O., Crouvi, O. and Mushkin, A.  (accepted). The Geomorphic Effectiveness of Landslides. Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface
  • 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. (in press). The impact of extreme rainstorms on escarpment morphology in arid areas: insights from the central Negev Desert. Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface. e2023JF007093
  • 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
  • Shaanan, U., Mushkin, A., Rasmussen, M., Sagy, A., Meredith, P., Nara, Y., Keanini, R. and Eppes, M.C. (2023) Progressive fracturing in alluvial clasts. Geological Society of America Bulletin, in press. 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
  • Wieler, N., Mushkin, A., Zhang, H., Sagy, A., Porat, N., Shmilovitz, Y., Ren, Z., Huang, F., Shi, P., Liu, J. and Shelef, E., (2022) Geomorphic Dating of Across‐Fault Gully Incision Reveals Time‐Invariant Late Quaternary Slip‐Rates at the Eastern Termination of the Altyn Tagh Fault. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(8), p.e2021GL096933. PDF