2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Interaction between chemical and physical processes in rock weathering
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22740345
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Petrology/Mineralogy/Science of ore deposit
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 物理風化 / 化学風化 / 砂岩 |
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| Research Abstract |
A sphere was repeatedly collided to the rock in water and the way in which the chemical weathering (dissolution) and the physical weathering (grain detachment) proceed was studied. The experiments using three sandstone samples differing in hardness (Leeb hardness) showed that the rate of the weightloss of the sample, corresponding to the physical weathering rate plus the chemical weathering rate,decreased with increasing rock hardness. The physical weathering rates were approximately 4-371 times greater than the chemical weathering rates determined from the solute concentrations in water. The relative contribution of the physical weathering increased with decreasing rock hardness.
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Research Products
(2 results)
