IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wly/perpro/v2y1991i4p331-340.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Evidence for enhanced mechanical weathering associated with seasonally late‐lying and perennial snow patches, Jotunheimen, Norway

Author

Listed:
  • Mark S. Berrisford

Abstract

At two snow patch sites in Jotunheimen, Norway, direct evidence of surface fracturing and splitting of boulders was collected to quantify spatial variations in the amounts of mechanical weathering associated with snow patches. Transects between external control and internal sites display a 3‐5‐fold increase in the percentage of clasts affected by mechanically induced fracture processes. Up to 50% of clasts within the internal areas of the snow patches exhibit either surface flaking or more severe fracturing; this contrasts with up to 15% of clasts exhibiting evidence of mechanical weathering at the snow patch peripheries. The results indicate that the snow patches significantly enhance mechanical weathering processes and that maximum mechanical weathering is associated with the average annual retreat position of the snow margin. A l'emplacement et à proximité de deux flaques de neige à Jotunheimen, en Norvège, des observations directes de rupture et de fissuration de gros blocs ont été rassemblées pour quantifier les variations spatiales de la désagrégation mécanique. Des coupes de contréle réalisées en‐dehors des flaques de neige ont mis en évidence que la production de débris est 3 à 5 fois plus importante sous la plaque de neige. Plus de 50% des débris observés à l'emplacement des plaques de neige montrent à la fois un écaillage de surface et une fracturation sévère, tandis que seulement 15% des débris montrent les mémes caractères en‐dehors des flaques de neige. l'étude indique que les flaques de neige augmentent de manière significative les processus d'altération mécanique et que la désagrégation mécanique est maximale à proximité de la limite moyenne annuelle de retrait de la neige.

Suggested Citation

  • Mark S. Berrisford, 1991. "Evidence for enhanced mechanical weathering associated with seasonally late‐lying and perennial snow patches, Jotunheimen, Norway," Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 2(4), pages 331-340, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:perpro:v:2:y:1991:i:4:p:331-340
    DOI: 10.1002/ppp.3430020408
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.3430020408
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1002/ppp.3430020408?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wly:perpro:v:2:y:1991:i:4:p:331-340. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://doi.org/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1530 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.