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

Geomorphology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 97-108

  Eppes, Martha Cary ^a   McFadden, Leslie D ^b   Wegmann, Karl W ^c   Scuderi, Louis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert geomorphology; Desert pavements; Fractures; Insolation weathering; Physical weathering

Indexed keywords

CRACKING; DESERT; FRACTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; PAVEMENT; WEATHERING;

AUSTRALIA; GOVI-ALTAY; MOJAVE DESERT; MONGOLIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; STRZELECKI DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956341033     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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