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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Main Authors: Richard D Norris, James M Norris, Ralph D Lorenz, Jib Ray, Brian Jackson
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/100993b2c80048bea786b3695c1899c4
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