A scanning electron microscope study of bedrock microfractures in granites under high arctic conditions
Abstract Surface specimens obtained from highly‐weathered upland plateau outcrops at three localities in high Arctic Canada have been studied using the scanning electron microscope. Observations are given on factors influencing bedrock surface microfracturing processes. Evidence for the concentratio...
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crwiley:10.1002/esp.3290100208 2024-09-30T14:29:31+00:00 A scanning electron microscope study of bedrock microfractures in granites under high arctic conditions Watts, Stephen H. 1985 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/esp.3290100208 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fesp.3290100208 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/esp.3290100208 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Earth Surface Processes and Landforms volume 10, issue 2, page 161-172 ISSN 0197-9337 1096-9837 journal-article 1985 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3290100208 2024-09-17T04:47:05Z Abstract Surface specimens obtained from highly‐weathered upland plateau outcrops at three localities in high Arctic Canada have been studied using the scanning electron microscope. Observations are given on factors influencing bedrock surface microfracturing processes. Evidence for the concentration of both salts and organic material in surface cracks which could enhance microfracturing is presented. The importance of lithological parameters including: mineralogy, texture, and structures present in influencing the actual processes of disintegration is reiterated. Under cold, dry high Arctic conditions the combined and apparently inseparable affects of frost action, salt crystallization, and organic activity may have contributed to microfracturing largely responsible for widely scattered examples of highly weathered bedrock terrain. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Wiley Online Library Arctic Canada Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 10 2 161 172 |
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Abstract Surface specimens obtained from highly‐weathered upland plateau outcrops at three localities in high Arctic Canada have been studied using the scanning electron microscope. Observations are given on factors influencing bedrock surface microfracturing processes. Evidence for the concentration of both salts and organic material in surface cracks which could enhance microfracturing is presented. The importance of lithological parameters including: mineralogy, texture, and structures present in influencing the actual processes of disintegration is reiterated. Under cold, dry high Arctic conditions the combined and apparently inseparable affects of frost action, salt crystallization, and organic activity may have contributed to microfracturing largely responsible for widely scattered examples of highly weathered bedrock terrain. |
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A scanning electron microscope study of bedrock microfractures in granites under high arctic conditions |
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A scanning electron microscope study of bedrock microfractures in granites under high arctic conditions |
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A scanning electron microscope study of bedrock microfractures in granites under high arctic conditions |
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A scanning electron microscope study of bedrock microfractures in granites under high arctic conditions |
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A scanning electron microscope study of bedrock microfractures in granites under high arctic conditions |
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scanning electron microscope study of bedrock microfractures in granites under high arctic conditions |
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