Why do freezing rocks break?

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5802, 2006, Pages 1092-1093

  Hallet, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; THERMAL EXPANSION; WATER;

FREEZING ROCKS;

ROCKS;

ICE;

BREAKAGE; FREEZING; ROCK;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FREEZING; GEOLOGY; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROCK; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33751235278     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1135200     Document Type: Review

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