Direct observation of frost wedging in alpine bedrock

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 601-614

  Matsuoka, Norikazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpine; Freeze thaw; Frost weathering; Rock joint; Volumetric expansion

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; FROST EFFECTS; MONITORING; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; WEATHERING;

FROST WEDGING;

LANDFORMS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FROST HEAVE; MONITORING; SANDSTONE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0035365971     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.208     Document Type: Article

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