The Restless Rock of Racetrack Playa

Brian Jackson; Ralph Lorenz; Richard Norris

doi:10.1088/2058-7058/28/7/37

The Restless Rock of Racetrack Playa

Brian Jackson
, Ralph Lorenz
, Richard Norris

Physics Department

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Abstract

Tucked away in California's Death Valley National Park, the flat basin known as Racetrack Playa is littered with stones that seem to migrate across the landscape. But how do they do it? Brian Jackson describes how he and collaborators Ralph Lorenz and Richard Norris solved a long-standing mystery.

Original language	American English
Journal	Physics World
Volume	28
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-7058/28/7/37
State	Published - 1 Jul 2015

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