The very high spatial resolution of RMI is able to resolve rock textures at sub-mm scales, which provides clues regarding the origin (igneous versus sedimentary) of rocks, and to reveal information about their diagenetic and weathering evolution.
During freeze-thaw cycles we recorded the evolution of temperature and volumetric strain of a specimen for each stone and after the freeze-thaw cycles, the weathering evolution in stone samples was monitored by measurement of different physical and mechanical parameters (porosity, P-wave velocity, fracture toughness, compressive strength and elastic static modulus).
The potential pitfalls arise from the possibility that the utility of SSST as a convenient fiction in some contexts may be mistaken for a realistic representation of the dynamics of pedogenesis and weathering profile evolution.
In light of these significant ecosystem services, refining our understanding of how these functions are affected by landscape evolution, weather variability, and long-term climate change is imperative.
In recognition of the fundamental control exerted by weathering on landscape evolution and topographic development, the 35th Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium was convened under the theme of Weathering and Landscape Evolution.
The papers and posters presented at the conference imparted the state-of-the-art in weathering geomorphology, tackled the issue of scale linkage in geomorphic studies and offered a vehicle for interdisciplinary communication on research into weathering and landscape evolution.
The program targets two major objectives: (1) to determine and improve the Quaternary glacial chronology of the Southern Hemisphere in support of global climate change studies; (2) to characterise the processes of surface weathering and landscape evolution in semi-arid regions of the Australian continent.
Early assessments and information on the evolution of weather conditions and impacts associated to the occurrences of El Niño/La Niña years are a major demand from the agricultural sector.
For whatever reason — maybe the aforementioned weather or, perhaps, an evolution in tactics — the results have favored pressure over possession much more than had been expected.
Previous work has offered income, education, low levels of agricultural labour (which is replaced by more mentally stimulating jobs), climate (the challenge of surviving cold weather might provoke the evolution of intelligence) and even distance from humanity's African homeland (novel environments could encourage greater intelligence) as explanations for national differences in IQ.
