Quantitative Field Observation on Frost Physical Weathering in the Great Wall Station Area

• Main Authors: Zhijiu, Cui, Heigang, Xiong
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 1992
• Subjects: Great Wall Station; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2050/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2050/1/A199202004.pdf

Field observing sites were set to measure frost weathering of bedrock in the Great Wall Station Area of Antarctica from 1988 to 1990. The result show that: (1), the weathering rate is higher in summer that in winter; (2), the weathering rate is greater at higher place that at lower place; (3), the w...