Let the boulders fall where they may

• Autores: Lucas Joel
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3160, 2018, pág. 8
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Monstrous oceanic waves are able to transport boulders weighing hundreds of tonnes. The finding helps explain how huge rocks end up atop high cliffs. It also implies that storm waves, and other rogue waves, can be more powerful and hazardous than previously thought. Until recently, the heaviest rock known to have been transported by waves was about 200 tonnes. Now Ronadh Cox of Williams College in Massachusetts and her colleagues have found a new record holder: a 620-tonne boulder, equivalent to roughly three Statues of Liberty