The stream power law, expressed as E= KA m S n—where E is erosion rate [LT− 1], K is an
erodibility coefficient [T− 1 L (1− 2m)], A is drainage area [L 2], S is channel gradient [L/L] …

A landscape's sediment grain size distribution is the product of, and an important influence
on, earth surface processes and landscape evolution. Grains can be large enough that the …

Spacecraft observations revealed that rocks on carbonaceous asteroids, which constitute
the most numerous class by composition, can develop millimeter-to-meter-scale fractures …

Exfoliation of rock deteriorates cliffs through the formation and subsequent opening of
fractures, which in turn can lead to potentially hazardous rockfalls. Although a number of …

Sediments link hillslopes to river channels. The size of sediments entering channels is a key
control on river morphodynamics across a range of scales, from channel response to human …

Rock breakdown due to diurnal thermal cycling has been hypothesized to drive boulder
degradation and regolith production on airless bodies. Numerous studies have invoked its …

The study of strain effects in thermally-forced rock masses has gathered growing interest
from engineering geology researchers in the last decade. In this framework, digital …

Thermomechanical processes such as fatigue and shock have been suggested to cause
and contribute to rock breakdown on Earth, and on other planetary bodies, particularly …

Abstract Many boulders on (101955) Bennu, a near‐Earth rubble pile asteroid, show signs
of in situ disaggregation and exfoliation, indicating that thermal fatigue plays an important …

Widespread acceptance in science at-large notwithstanding, the ability of thermal stresses to
produce thermal fatigue (TF) and/or thermal shock (TS) in bedrock and coarse debris in the …