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The contribution of W. R. B. battle to mechanical weathering studies
Author(s) -
Brian Whalley W.,
McGreevy J. P.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
permafrost and periglacial processes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-1530
pISSN - 1045-6740
DOI - 10.1002/ppp.3430020409
Subject(s) - weathering , geology , modulus , geotechnical engineering , battle , young's modulus , porosity , erosion , elastic modulus , geochemistry , composite material , materials science , geomorphology , archaeology , history
W. R. B. Battle had started to make important contributions to the study of the mechanical weathering of rock in relation to the 'bergschrund hypothesis' of corrie erosion when he died. As well as temperature observations in bergschrunds, he made measurements on the reduction in strength (as Young's Modulus) for beams of rock in the laboratory. A summary of his work is given, together with the graph which was used to suggest a critical rate of cooling of 0.1 ºC/min for porous rocks.