Observations on granite weathering phenomena, Mount Keinath, Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

H. M. French and M. Guglielmin

Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 2002, vol. 13, issue 3, 231-236

Abstract: Rock varnish, erosional grooves, and well‐developed cavernous weathering phenomena occur in close association on a small biotite‐monzogranite nunatak in the Northern Foothills region, Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. The grooves, similar in appearance to the ‘rinnenkarren’ described in the karst literature, are developed on steeply inclined (>35°) bedrock surfaces while the rock varnish occurs on adjacent, more gently sloping (

Date: 2002
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