Journal
EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS
Volume 33, Issue 10, Pages 1614-1621Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1631
Keywords
rock breakdown; wind tunnel; laser scan; prototype print
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We present the novel application of two technologies for use in rock breakdown experiments, i.e. close-range, ground-based 31) triangulation scanning and rapid prototype printing. These techniques aid analyses of form-process interactions across the range of scales relevant to breakdown (mu m-m). This is achieved through (a) the creation of DEMs (which permit quantitative description and aanalysis of rock surface morphology and morphological change) and (h) the production of more realistically-shaped experimental blocks. We illustrate the use of these techniques', alongside appropriate data analysis routines, in experiments designed to investigate the persistence of fluvially-derived features in the face of subsequent wind abrasion and weathering. These techniques have a range of potential applications in experimental field and lab-based geomorphic studies beyond those specifically outlined here. Copyright (C) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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