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Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2847-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-2847-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
Research article
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20 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 20 Jun 2024

Quantifying frost-weathering-induced damage in alpine rocks

Till Mayer, Maxim Deprez, Laurenz Schröer, Veerle Cnudde, and Daniel Draebing

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Frost weathering drives rockfall and shapes the evolution of alpine landscapes. We employed a novel combination of investigation techniques to assess the influence of different climatic conditions on high-alpine rock faces. Our results imply that rock walls exposed to freeze–thaw conditions, which are likely to occur at lower elevations, will weather more rapidly than rock walls exposed to sustained freezing conditions due to winter snow cover or permafrost at higher elevations.
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