University of Wyoming

UW Professor Leads Study That Finds Physical Weathering of Rock Breakdown More Important Than Previously Recognized

Brad Carr, a UW associate research scientist in geology and geophysics, uses the Geoprobe instrument to sample the subsurface in the foothills of the southern Sierra Nevada in California. Carr ...
Nature

Onset and ending of the late Palaeozoic ice age triggered by tectonically paced rock weathering

Figure 1: Time evolution of the isotopic composition of seawater, atmospheric CO 2 levels and the organic carbon burial over the late Palaeozoic. In this paper, we quantify the contribution of the ...
Gizmodo

This Is the Slowest and Most Destructive Process on Earth

Rocks are not eternal. Even the tallest mountain will eventually dissolve and disintegrate. Geologists call this process “weathering.” It sounds harmless enough, but weathering is one of the most ...
EurekAlert!

Study find physical weathering of rock breakdown more important than previously recognized

Research led by the University of Wyoming shows that physical weathering is far more important than previously recognized in the breakdown of rock in mountain landscapes. Because it is difficult to ...