CreekCrawler Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 I was just wondering about what nature can do to fossils.We used a term in the home building business called frost wedging. While here in this part of Texas there are not many days when it actually gets below the freeze point , I know that States further north get their share of below freezing weather.I wonder just how many fossils fracture due to frost wedging also called frost weathering. I'm guessing that quite a few are destroyed in this manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traviscounty Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 I thought frost wedging was when they drug you through the snow, before pulling your underwear up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 That's why in Alberta it's hard to find a piece of baculite over 5" long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 I thought frost wedging was when they drug you through the snow, before pulling your underwear up. I was never picked on when I was a kid I had a mean look to me and was very fit from the creek cruising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 I dont know about just frost, but sun heats something up then it cools down during the nighttime and it all creates expansion and contraction at different rates and temperatures....... ive seen what would be decent fossils spoiled and the calcite looked like its rotted, purely by being kept outdoors prior to prep......obviously oxidation plays a part to.... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 The geologic and meteorologic forces that make it possible for us to find fossils are the same ones that destroy them; timing is everything! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 I thought frost wedging was when they drug you through the snow, before pulling your underwear up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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