Rocks at Earth’s surface experience progressive damage due to exposure to environmental conditions. Although environmental damage to rocks is recognized as being time-dep[...]

Rock weathering, or the mechanical and chemical breakdown of rock over time, creates the landscape on which all terrestrial life is built. Weathering produces sediment, a[...]

Rock fractures are a key contributor to a broad array of Earth surface processes due to their direct control on rock strength as well as rock porosity and permeability. H[...]