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Rock moisture data from the juneau icefield (alaska) and its significance for mechanical weathering studies

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Information was obtained regarding rock moisture content from nunataks along a west to east transect across the Juneau Icefield in Alaska. The data, together with rock temperatures and general climatic information, were collected for east‐, west‐, north‐ and south‐facing samples. For one day data were collected every hour. The resulting information indicates the spatial and temporal variability that can exist over both short distances and short time‐spans. It is suggested that this variability can have important repercussions with respect to weathering processes. The number of wetting and drying cycles monitored greatly depends upon the level of sample saturation that is considered significant. Available information suggests that wetting and drying can be operating at more than one level within the rock and that this will result in different weathering products. Wetting and drying may be more important than has been previously thought, both in terms of a weathering agent in its own right and as one that interacts with other processes, thereby speeding up their effect upon the rock. Des informations ont été recueillies concernant le contenu en eau des nunataks selon un transect ouest‐est au travers de l'Icefield Juneau en Alaska. Les données concernant l'humidité ont été notées en méme temps que des observations concernant les températures des roches et les composantes climatiques, et cela pour des échantillons recoltés en des lieux exposés à l'est, à l'ouest, au nord et au sud. L'information rassemblée indique une grande variabilité spatiale et temporelle des observations aussi bien sur des distances courtes que sur des périods de temps réduites. Il est suggéré que cette variabilité peut avoir des répercussions importantes en ce qui concerne les processus d'altération. Le nombre de cycles de séchage et d'humidification observé dépend pour beaucoup du degré de saturation des echantillons qui est, de ce fait, un facteur considéré comme significatif. L'information disponible suggère que l'humidification et le séchage peuvent se produire à plus d'un niveau dans la roche et que cela détermine des productions differentes de débris. Ces processus d'humidification et de séchage peuvent être plus importants que ce qui a été supposé précédemment, aussi bien comme agent d'altération simple que comme processus se combinant avec d'autres.

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  • Kevin Hall, 1991. "Rock moisture data from the juneau icefield (alaska) and its significance for mechanical weathering studies," Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 2(4), pages 321-330, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:perpro:v:2:y:1991:i:4:p:321-330
    DOI: 10.1002/ppp.3430020407
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    1. J. Marquínez & R. Menéndez Duarte & P. Farias & M. JiméNez Sánchez, 2003. "Predictive GIS-Based Model of Rockfall Activity in Mountain Cliffs," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 30(3), pages 341-360, November.

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