Deciphering the role of solar-induced thermal stresses in rock weathering

The influence of solar-induced thermal stresses on the mechanical weathering of rocks in humid mid-latitudes

(2015) Jennifer Aldred et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Freeze fracturing of elastic porous media: a mathematical model

(2015) I. Vlahou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Cracks in Martian boulders exhibit preferred orientations that point to solar-induced thermal stress

(2015) Martha-Cary Eppes et al.   Nature Communications

Grain-scale thermoelastic stresses and spatiotemporal temperature gradients on airless bodies, implications for rock breakdown

(2015) Jamie L. Molaro et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Dating alluvial fan surfaces in Owens Valley, California, using weathering fractures in boulders

(2014) Mitch D'Arcy et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Rapid Soil Production and Weathering in the Southern Alps, New Zealand

(2014) I. J. Larsen et al.   SCIENCE

Critical assessment of the 2°c-min−1 threshold for thermal stress weathering

(2013) Jan Boelhouwers et al.   GEOGRAFISKA ANNALER SERIES A-PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Thermal fatigue and thermal shock in bedrock: An attempt to unravel the geomorphic processes and products

(2013) Kevin Hall et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Influence of temperature and water on subcritical crack growth parameters and long-term strength for igneous rocks

(2013) Yoshitaka Nara et al.   GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Environmental controls of frost cracking revealed through in situ acoustic emission measurements in steep bedrock

(2013) Lucas Girard et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Evidence of frost-cracking inferred from acoustic emissions in a high-alpine rock-wall

(2012) D. Amitrano et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Progressive failure of sheeted rock slopes: the 2009-2010 Rhombus Wall rock falls in Yosemite Valley, California, USA

(2011) Greg M. Stock et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Climatology of salt transitions and implications for stone weathering

(2011) C.M. Grossi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Simulating weathering of basalt on Mars and Earth by thermal cycling

(2010) Heather Viles et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Fatigue damage variable and evolution of rock subjected to cyclic loading

(2010) Jian-Qing Xiao et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES

Light penetration into Clarens sandstone and implications for deterioration of San rock art

(2009) Kevin Hall et al.   GEOARCHAEOLOGY-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

High-frequency rock temperature data from hyper-arid desert environments in the Atacama and the Antarctic Dry Valleys and implications for rock weathering

(2009) Christopher P. McKay et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Granular disintegration of marble in nature: A thermal-mechanical origin for a grus and corestone landscape

(2009) Martha Cary Eppes et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Crack propagation by differential insolation on desert surface clasts

(2008) John E. Moores et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Desert pavement development and landscape stability on the Eastern Libyan Plateau, Egypt

(2008) Katherine A. Adelsberger et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Influence of surface heterogeneities of building granite on its thermal response and its potential for the generation of thermoclasty

(2008) Miguel Gómez-Heras et al.   Environmental geology.