Sentence examples for pothole formation from inspiring English sources
The sample showed higher Marshall Stability value in the range of 18 20 kN and the load bearing capacity of the road is increased by 100% and there is no pothole formation.
The group of hikers — a botanist, a llama rancher, an architectural sheet-metal worker and two retirees — began the day with a short walk down the Pothole Trail, a loop well-known locally that winds through fractured bedrock slabs and pothole formations drilled smooth and symmetrical into solid basalt stone.
The Asphalt Industry Alliance has conducted studies on pothole formations and has worked with local authorities on the issue.
In massive basalts there seems to be an upper threshold of stream power beyond which the formation of potholes is restricted (drainage area ≈700 km2; slope ≈0.06).
The controlling parameter seems to be vesicularity, which by producing irregularities in the bed and flow triggers the formation of potholes.
An interesting example of glacial action is the formation of giant's kettles, glacial potholes in the form of deep cylindrical holes.
Although the process of formation is thought to be approximately the same as that of a fluvial pothole, the moulin pothole can be distinguished by its location.
Call it the pothole parade.
