Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4686010 | Geomorphology | 2010 | 18 Pages |
Abstract
This area is frequently subjected to freezing temperatures, while fog interception from incoming tradewinds contributes significant moisture amounts to precipitation. Ground disturbance by frost activity seemed significant. Needle ice grows frequently on this slope, as evidenced by widespread presence of miniature sorted stripes, striated soils, fine-earth flags below stones, gaps around stones, and fine-soil raised patches, observed during multiple visits. Biogeomorphic interactions between mossballs and substrate at Haleakala are briefly discussed from the perspective of self-organized criticality, and interpreted to represent a self-replicating moss-dispersal system dependent on slope geomorphic processes.
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Authors
Francisco L. PĂ©rez,