期刊
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
卷 275, 期 3-4, 页码 364-369出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.08.035
关键词
weathering; weathering rates; spheroidal weathering; basalt; hierarchical fracturing; fracture patterns
资金
- Norwegian Research Council
Weathering of rocks takes place through complex processes involving an intimate coupling between mechanical disintegration of the rocks and interactions between the exposed rock surface, the hydrosphere and the biosphere. It is still poorly understood how this coupling affects weathering rates and patterns produced by weathering. Here, we show that the observed spheroidal weathering patterns in basaltic intrusions (dolerites) in the Karoo Basin in South Africa are created through volume expanding reactions which set up stresses that not only lead to spalling of spheroidal layers of rock, but also drive a large scale hierarchical fracturing process by which the dolerite is continuously undergoing domain division. The fracture processes generates new reactive surface area in a self-accelerating manner, thus providing a first-order control on the total weathering rate. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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