Rock mass loss on a nunatak in Western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Hedding, D.W. (David William), Hansen, C.D., Nel, W., Loubser, M.J. (Michael John), Meiklejohn, K.I. (Ian)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research and Allen Press 2016
• Subjects: Antarctica; Rock mass loss; Weathering; Vesleskarvet; Western Dronning Maud Land; Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; First Rock; Antarc*; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57358; https://doi.org/10.1657/AAAR0015-005

This paper presents the first rock mass loss data for uncut clasts from continental Antarctica. A rock mass loss experiment using doleritic rock samples was conducted over a seven-year period, between 2008 and 2014, at the Vesleskarvet nunataks, Western Dronning Maud Land. The data show that approxi...