Sliding Rocks on Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park: First Observation of Rocks in Motion

The engraved trails of rocks on the nearly flat, dry mud surface of Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, have excited speculation about the movement mechanism since the 1940s. Rock movement has been variously attributed to high winds, liquid water, ice, or ice flotation, but has not been pre...

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Autores principales: Norris, Richard D., Norris, James M., Lorenz, Ralph D., Ray, Jib, Jackson, Brian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4146553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25162535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105948

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4146553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25162535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105948

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