The rate of bedrock weathering by frost action: Field measurements and a predictive model
The rate of bedrock weathering by frost action: Field measurements and a predictive model
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霜冻作用导致基岩风化的速率:现场测量和预测模型
DOI:
10.1002/esp.3290150108
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发表时间:
1990
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
N. Matsuoka
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作者:
N. Matsuoka
Shattering rate, surface temperature, moisture content, and the physical and strength properties of bedrock were measured in four rockwall sites of the Japanese Alps. Five-year observations revealed that the bedrock shattering rate was usually much higher in the freeze-thaw period from October to next May than in the frost-free period from June to September. This indicates that frost action is the most important shattering process, although unusual heavy rainstorms in summer are also responsible for the shattering. A combination of some empirical relationships derived from recent laboratory experiments leads to a predictive model of the frost shattering rate. This model shows that the annual shattering rate is dependent on the annual freeze-thaw frequency on the rock surface, and the degree of saturation and tensile strength of the rock masses. The coefficients involved in the model were determined using the field data.