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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-81-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-81-2022
Research article
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21 Jan 2022
Research article |  | 21 Jan 2022

Sediment export in marly badland catchments modulated by frost-cracking intensity, Draix–Bléone Critical Zone Observatory, SE France

Coline Ariagno, Caroline Le Bouteiller, Peter van der Beek, and Sébastien Klotz

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The critical zone near the surface of the Earth is where geologic substrate, erosion, climate, and life meet and interact. This study focuses on mechanisms of physical weathering that produce loose sediment and make it available for transport. We show that the sediment export from a monitored catchment in the French Alps is modulated by frost-weathering processes and is therefore sensitive to complex modifications in a warming climate.
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