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Science 17 November 2006:
Vol. 314. no. 5802, pp. 1092 - 1093
DOI: 10.1126/science.1135200
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Perspectives

GEOLOGY:
Why Do Freezing Rocks Break?

Bernard Hallet

Contrary to common perception, the breaking of rocks is usually not caused by the expansion of water upon freezing.

The author is in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1310, USA. E-mail: hallet{at}u.washington.edu

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)