Processes controlling rapid temperature variations on rock surfaces

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 501-507

  Molaro, Jamie L ^a   Mckay, Christopher P ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Rock weathering; Surface temperature; Time scale; Wind fluctuations

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARID ENVIRONMENTS; MAXIMUM VALUES; RAPID TEMPERATURE; ROCK SURFACES; ROCK WEATHERING; SAMPLING INTERVAL; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; THERMAL OSCILLATIONS; TIME SPENT; TIME-SCALES; WIND FLUCTUATION; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ROCKS; SAMPLING; SOIL MECHANICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOCOUPLES; WIND EFFECTS;

WEATHERING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; ROCK MECHANICS; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIMESCALE; WEATHERING PROFILE; WEATHERING RATE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77951075418     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1957     Document Type: Article

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