Frost weathering: recent advances and future directions

@article{Matsuoka2008FrostWR,
  title={Frost weathering: recent advances and future directions},
  author={Norikazu Matsuoka and Julian B. Murton},
  journal={Permafrost and Periglacial Processes},
  year={2008},
  volume={19}
}
This paper reviews frost‐weathering studies in the last five years and proposes key questions to be answered. New techniques have enabled us to monitor moisture contents and crack movements in near‐surface hard jointed bedrock and to evaluate seasonal rockfall activity in high mountains. Field monitoring has highlighted the roles of diurnal and annual frost cycles in controlling the timing and magnitude of frost weathering. In the laboratory, bidirectional freezing in soft, porous rocks has… 
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