Thermal stress weathering and the spalling of Antarctic rocks

Thermal weathering of granite spheroidal boulders in a dry-temperate climate, Northern Dobrogea, Romania

(2016) Mirela Vasile et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

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

(2016) Martha Cary Eppes et al.   GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN

Granitic Boulder Erosion Caused by Chaparral Wildfire: Implications for Cosmogenic Radionuclide Dating of Bedrock Surfaces

(2016) Katherine J. Kendrick et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY

Rockfall triggering by cyclic thermal stressing of exfoliation fractures

(2016) Brian D. Collins et al.   Nature Geoscience

Dating buried glacier ice using cosmogenic 3 He in surface clasts: Theory and application to Mullins Glacier, Antarctica

(2016) Sean L. Mackay et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

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

Geochemical analyses of air from an ancient debris-covered glacier, Antarctica

(2015) Audrey M. Yau et al.   Quaternary Geochronology

How Porosity Increases During Incipient Weathering of Crystalline Silicate Rocks

(2015) Alexis Navarre-Sitchler et al.   Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry

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

The effects of weathering on the strength and chemistry of Columbia River Basalts and their implications for Mars Exploration Rover Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) results

(2014) B.J. Thomson et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Cold-based debris-covered glaciers: Evaluating their potential as climate archives through studies of ground-penetrating radar and surface morphology

(2014) Sean L. Mackay et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE

Changing climate, changing process: implications for salt transportation and weathering within building sandstones in the UK

(2013) S. McCabe et al.   Environmental Earth Sciences

Development of alteration rinds by oxidative weathering processes in Beacon Valley, Antarctica, and implications for Mars

(2013) M.R. Salvatore et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Lightning as a geomorphic agent on mountain summits: Evidence from southern Africa

(2013) Jasper Knight et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

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

Micromechanical modeling of thermal spallation in granitic rock

(2013) Stuart D.C. Walsh et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

Does lightning destroy rocks?: Results from a laboratory lightning experiment using an impulse high-current generator

(2012) Sachi A. Wakasa et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Influence of relative humidity on fracture toughness of rock: Implications for subcritical crack growth

(2012) Yoshitaka Nara et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

The granite tors of Dartmoor, Southwest England: rapid and recent emergence revealed by Late Pleistocene cosmogenic apparent exposure ages

(2012) Yanni Gunnell et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

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

Mechanics of curved surfaces, with application to surface-parallel cracks

(2011) Stephen J. Martel   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Processes controlling rapid temperature variations on rock surfaces

(2010) Jamie L. Molaro et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Degradation of glacial deposits quantified with cosmogenic nuclides, Quartermain Mountains, Antarctica

(2010) Daniel J. Morgan et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Cracks in desert pavement rocks: Further insights into mechanical weathering by directional insolation

(2010) Martha Cary Eppes et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Geoelectric investigations into sandstone moisture regimes: Implications for rock weathering and the deterioration of San Rock Art in the Golden Gate Reserve, South Africa

(2010) L. Mol et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Modeling vapor diffusion within cold and dry supraglacial tills of Antarctica: Implications for the preservation of ancient ice

(2010) Douglas E. Kowalewski et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Simulating weathering of basalt on Mars and Earth by thermal cycling

(2010) Heather Viles et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Seismic and GPR surveys of Mullins Glacier, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: ice thickness, internal structure and implications for surface ridge formation

(2010) David E. Shean et al.   JOURNAL OF GLACIOLOGY

Snow in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

(2009) Andrew G. Fountain et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Evolution of porosity and diffusivity associated with chemical weathering of a basalt clast

(2009) Alexis Navarre-Sitchler et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Frost weathering and rockwall erosion in the southeastern Swiss Alps: Long-term (1994–2006) observations

(2008) Norikazu Matsuoka   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Frost weathering: recent advances and future directions

(2008) Norikazu Matsuoka et al.   PERMAFROST AND PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES

General models for episodic surface denudation and its measurement by cosmogenic nuclides

(2008) Paul Muzikar   Quaternary Geochronology

Evaluation of rock mechanical behaviors under uniaxial compression with reference to assessed weathering grades

(2008) A. Basu et al.   ROCK MECHANICS AND ROCK ENGINEERING

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.

Weathering of granite in Antarctica: II. Thermal stress at the grain scale

(2007) Kevin Hall et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Cosmogenic nuclide concentrations in episodically eroding surfaces: Theoretical results

(2007) Paul Muzikar   GEOMORPHOLOGY