FREEZE-THAW FREQUENCIES AND MECHANICAL WEATHERING IN CANADA*

T HE repeated freezing and thawing of water in rock crevices and soil material is recognized as an important factor in mechanical weather-ing. The comparative importance of the process in northern and southern Canada has been examined in this preliminary study, which is not concerned with weathering...

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Main Author: J. Keith Fraserf
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.579.1476
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic12-1-40.pdf