The effects of fire on rock weathering: Some further considerations of laboratory experimental simulation

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 707-713

  Allison, Robert J ^a   Bristow, Giles E ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic Young's Modulus; Fire; Geotechnics; Rock weathering

Indexed keywords

BURNING; FIRE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHERING;

CYPRUS;

EID: 0032741054     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199908)24:8<707::AID-ESP993>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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