What is a boulder? Question for bouldersunday - science
What is a boulder? No really. What is a boulder?
Original photo of a very powerful river, with well. A lot of energy and a lot of boulders!
But what are boulders?
Best way to figure that out is to go to the Wentworth Scale. Wentworth published this paper in the Journal of Geology Volume 30, Number 5, Jul. - Aug. in 1922! Almost 100 years ago.
Let's look at it shall we? (and if you want to see a big boulder, go to the bottom of this post)
Ah the wentworth scale... now I know what a boulder is!!!
So I guess it is rocks that are from 256 mm to 4096 mm in diameter. That means 25.6 cm to 409.6 cm. Or even better 0.256 m to 4.096 m. Sweet! And now you know...
But what is a block of rock larger than 4.096 m?
Happy #bouldersunday!
Full paper here:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/30063207
Clear as mud (pardon the pun)?
Original contribution by @snowyknight.
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cheesy...
The origins of the cheese above...
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Happy boulder sunday @snowyknight!
That is so cool to see what is officially a
boulder size wise! :-)
The energy of that river looks to be
pulling that whole escarpment into
it, sure looks like it's leaning in.
'Clear as mud' lol
Where is this most beautiful place?
Off rock I might guess Africa?
Thank you for posting these awesome
boulders for #bouldersunday!
Rockin tunes! Rock on!
Thanks and same to you @shasta!
Great to have you stop by and great meeting of the minds and blogs! ;)
Clear as mud... hahaha. This beautiful place is from back in the day in Patagonia... beautiful beautiful.
Glad you like the tunes too! Keep rocking and can't wait to see some more volcano photos!
On my first boulder post, I went looking for a definition too. lol
Good job!
Nice! Glad I was not the only one! Thanks for stopping by!
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Wow, awesome. Thank you! I'll check you out as a witness too. Sounds like a good initiative.
Thanks for stopping by.
But what is the upper limit for a boulder? When does it become something else?
Great question...
I don't really know. At some point it just becomes a big rock and then a continent? Maybe someone else knows? Help! hahahaha
Thanks for stopping by!
I always thought a boulder was a big rock :D
haha... Megaboulder? Gigaboulder?
No matter the definition, your Boulder photo is lovely!
Thanks! Glad you like it!
#bouldersunday! ;)