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To: ETL
Most geologic erosion occurs over short periods of time, via storms, floods, earthquakes, etc.

Sometimes major fall events happen without any of these factors being present. Erosion from running water and repeated freeze/thaw cycles fractures and weakens rock over long periods of time, setting up conditions for major fall events. You have to eliminate that before you can attribute it exclusively to the concurrent events.

45 posted on 01/25/2016 11:17:23 AM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic
Sometimes major fall events happen without any of these factors being present. Erosion from running water and repeated freeze/thaw cycles fractures and weakens rock over long periods of time.

True. The things I listed were just stuff I could think of at the moment. The freeze/thaw thing also plays a role in rock slides in some areas.

50 posted on 01/25/2016 11:40:56 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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Re: freeze/thaw

Water seeps into the cracks and crevices, freezes and expands (like a soda bottle left too long in the freezer), burst, and splits the rock apart. Heating from the sun also expands rock, which then cools and contracts at night. Repeated cycles of this also weakens and breaks down rock.


51 posted on 01/25/2016 11:48:04 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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