Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Fire-induced rock spalling as a mechanism of weathering responsible for flared slope and inselberg development

  • Solomon Buckman,
  • Rowena H. Morris,
  • Robert P. Bourman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22451-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Fire is an important mechanism of physical weathering responsible for the formation of overhanging flared slopes around the margins of steep-sided inselbergs. Fire-spalling erodes landscapes laterally rather than vertically and produces significant volumes of new sediment.