Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Physical Weathering - Freeze Thaw
- Freeze thaw action
- Example: Mountains
- Croagh Patrick - Co. Mayo
- Loose Rock
- Scree
- Talus
- Daytime - 7 Degrees
- Rain falls - Fills cracks in the rocks
- Night time - Drops below 0 degrees
- Water turns to ice and expands by 10%
- Puts pressure on the rock and shatters it
- Repeated freezing & thawing
- Over a few weeks
- Rock shatters
- Lots of scree