At its heart lies Mahabalipuram — a coastal town offering a treasure trove of ancient art, architecture, rock-cut caves, monolithic structures and many more awe-inspiring spots. One such unique ...

Twain Harte rock in California is in a period of active exfoliation, sloughing sheets of granite in creaking, cracking, rock-flaking, dust-shedding, exhilarating glory. Explosive exfoliation!

Other forces of erosion and weathering are always working to tear down the massive granite mountains and outcroppings. Exfoliation joints of sheet joints are parallel surface fractures in granite ...

Scroll down for video Exfoliation occurs in areas with 'igneous' rocks such as granite. The deep rock is under extremely high pressure, but as the surface layers are worn away due to normal ...

Here we use data from 3.5 years of field monitoring of an exfoliating granite cliff in Yosemite National Park in California, USA, to assess the magnitude and temporal pattern of thermally induced ...

Arcs across the cliff face that gave Royal Arches its name are caused by a type of weathering called exfoliation that causes slabs of granite to fall away. Other famous Yosemite landforms such as ...

Arcs across the cliff face that gave Royal Arches its name are caused by a type of weathering called exfoliation which causes slabs of granite to fall away. Other famous Yosemite landforms such as ...