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T29. Advances in the Study of Physical Weathering Processes and Their Influence on Landscape Evolution

 
Physical Weathering Meet and Greet
 
EMPLACEMENT AND SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATION OF THE QUATERNARY EUREKA VALLEY LANDSLIDE, EASTERN CALIFORNIA
WATKINS, Jessica, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles E. Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90095, jwatkins11@ucla.edu, SCULLY, Jennifer E.C., Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles Young Drive East, Box 951567, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, and YIN, An, Department of Earth and Space Sciences and Institute for Planets and Exoplanets, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
 
ASPECT-RELATED MICROCLIMATIC INFLUENCES ON PHYSICAL WEATHERING AND HILLSLOPE GEOMORPHOLOGY, BLACK MESA AREA, NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA
BURNETT, Benjamin N.1, MEYER, Grant A.2, and MCFADDEN, Leslie D.2, (1) 105 Jade St, Broomfield, CO 80020, burnettben@yahoo.com, (2) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
 
EPISODES OF INCREASED FROST SHATTERING FACILITATE NON-STEADY STATE ACCRETIONARY SOIL DEVELOPMENT ON HILLSLOPES IN THE SANDIA MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO
PERSICO, Lyman P.1, MCFADDEN, Leslie D.2, and MEYER, Grant A.2, (1) Geology Department, Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA 16546, lyman@unm.edu, (2) Earth and Planetary Sciences, Univ of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
 
PHYSICAL WEATHERING BY INSOLATION: COMPARISON OF YEAR LONG, PER-MINUTE OBSERVATIONS OF TEMPERATURE, STRAIN AND CRACKING IN GRANITE BOULDERS IN A TEMPERATE PASTURE AND SEMIARID DESERT, NORTH CAROLINA AND NEW MEXICO
EPPES, Martha Cary1, WARREN, Kimberly2, HINSON, Evan2, and LOPITA, Dash3, (1) Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223, meppes@uncc.edu, (2) Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28233, (3) Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28233
 
ARE THERMAL STRESSES IN ROCKS EXPOSED TO THE SUN SUFFICIENT TO BREAK THEM? YES
HALLET, Bernard, Earth & Space Sciences and Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Box 351310, 365 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, hallet@u.washington.edu, MACKENZIE-HELNWEIN, Peter, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, SHI, Jian, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineerinr, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, and EPPES, Martha Cary, Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223
 
THERMAL WEATHERING AND BEDROCK EROSION ON AIRLESS BODIES
MOLARO, Jamie L., Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 E. University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721, jmolaro@lpl.arizona.edu and BYRNE, Shane, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
 
ROCK WEATHERING AND HILLSLOPE TRANSPORT IN MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS, ANTARCTICA
PUTKONEN, Jaakko, Geology and Geological Engineering, University of North Dakota, MS 8358, Grand Forks, ND 58202, jaakko.putkonen@engr.und.edu
 
CAN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF FROST CRACKING HELP ANTICIPATING FOCAL ZONES FOR ROCKFALL FROM DEGRADING PERMAFROST?
GRUBER, Stephan1, GIRARD, Lucas1, AMITRANO, David2, BEUTEL, Jan3, and WEBER, Samuel1, (1) Department of Geography, University of Zurich, WInterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland, stephan.gruber@geo.uzh.ch, (2) ISTerre, Université J. Fourier, Grenoble, Maison des Geosciences, 1381 rue de la Piscine, Grenoble Cedex 9, BP 53, 38041, France, (3) Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Gloriastrasse 35, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland
 
DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD: GLACIATION OF THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE AREA
PIERCE, Kenneth L., U. S. Geological Survey, NRMSC, 2327 University Way, Box 2, Bozeman, MT 59715, kpierce@usgs.gov, LICCIARDI, Joseph M., Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, and GOOD, John, P.O. Box 3427, Jackson, WY 80301
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