T49 Advances in the Study of Physical Weathering Processes and Their Influence on Landscape Evolution

Sunday, 4 November 2012
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
207BC

Presentations

• 1:45 PM
  ASPECT-RELATED MICROCLIMATIC INFLUENCES ON PHYSICAL WEATHERING AND HILLSLOPE GEOMORPHOLOGY, BLACK MESA AREA, NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA
  Benjamin N. Burnett, Broomfield, CO and Grant Meyer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Leslie D. McFadden, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  210283 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:00 PM
  EPISODES OF INCREASED FROST SHATTERING FACILITATE NON-STEADY STATE ACCRETIONARY SOIL DEVELOPMENT ON HILLSLOPES IN THE SANDIA MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
  Lyman P. Persico, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA and Leslie D. McFadden, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM and Grant Meyer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
  212446 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:15 PM
  PHYSICAL WEATHERING BY INSOLATION: COMPARISON OF YEAR LONG, PER-MINUTE OBSERVATIONS OF TEMPERATURE, STRAIN AND CRACKING IN GRANITE BOULDERS IN A TEMPERATE PASTURE AND SEMIARID DESERT, NORTH CAROLINA AND NEW MEXICO
  Martha Cary Eppes, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC and Kimberly Warren, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC and Evan Hinson, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC and Dash Lopita, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
  212715 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:30 PM
  ARE THERMAL STRESSES IN ROCKS EXPOSED TO THE SUN SUFFICIENT TO BREAK THEM? YES
  Bernard Hallet, University of Washington, Seattle, WA and Peter Mackenzie-Helnwein, University of Washington, Seattle, WA and Jian Shi, University of Washington, Seattle, WA and Connie Lowe, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  213414 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:45 PM
  THERMAL WEATHERING AND BEDROCK EROSION ON AIRLESS BODIES
  Jamie L. Molaro, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Shane Byrne, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  210242 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:00 PM
  ROCK WEATHERING AND HILLSLOPE TRANSPORT IN MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS, ANTARCTICA
  Jaakko Putkonen, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
  212791 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:15 PM
  CAN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF FROST CRACKING HELP ANTICIPATING FOCAL ZONES FOR ROCKFALL FROM DEGRADING PERMAFROST?
  Stephan Gruber, University of Zurich, Zurich, N/A and Lucas Girard, University of Zurich, Zurich, N/A and David Amitrano, Université J. Fourier, Grenoble, Grenoble Cedex 9, N/A and Jan Beutel, ETH Zurich, Zurich, N/A and Samuel Weber, University of Zurich, Zurich, N/A
  211837 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:30 PM
  DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD: GLACIATION OF THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE AREA
  Kenneth L. Pierce, NRMSC, Bozeman, MT and Joseph Licciardi, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH and John M. Good, Jackson, WY
  206200 (Technical Sessions)