1 minute sketch of panel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Site Setting (geological factors)

not present

 

present

 

obvious

 

dominant

 

 

Fissures independent of stone lithification (pressure release, calcrete wedging)  

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3

 

Fissures dependent on lithification (bedding, foliations)

0

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Changes in textural anomalies (banding, concretions)

0

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Rock weakness (MohÕs hardness tested at control site; 3 -<4, 2-Moh4-5, 1-Moh6-8, 0-Moh7+)

0

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3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weaknesses of the Rock Art Panel

not present

 

present

 

obvious

 

dominant

 

 

Fissuresol (future location of break-off)

0

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3

 

Roots

0

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Plant growth near or on panel

0

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3

 

Scaling (larger than flaking)

0

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3

 

Splintering (following stone structures and oblique to surface)

0

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3

 

Undercutting

0

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3

 

Weathering-rind development

0

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3

 

Other concerns (e.g. water flow)

0

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3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evidence of Large Erosion Events On and Below the Panel

 

 

 

 

 

Anthropogenic activities

0

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3

 

Fissuresol/calcrete wedging (or dust in fissuresol, or both)

0

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3

 

Fire

0

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3

 

Undercutting

0

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3

 

Other natural causes of break-off (wedgework of roots, earthquakes, intersection of fractures, ...)

0

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Evidence on Small Erosion Events On the Panel

not present

 

present

 

obvious

 

dominant

 

 

Abrasion (from sediment transport by water)

0

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3

 

Anthropogenic cutting (carving, chiseling, bullet impact, ...)

0

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Aveolization (honeycombed appearance)

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Crumbly disintegration (in groups of grains or powdery)

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Flaking (single or multiple)

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Flaking of the weathering rind

0

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Granular disintegration (most frequently sandstone and granitic)

0

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Lithobiont pitting

0

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3

 

Lithobiont release (when the "dam" of weathered rind decayed rock erodes)

0

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3

 

Loss parallel to stone structure (bedding or foliations)

 

0

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3

 

Rock coating detachment (usually incomplete; includes paint material in pictographs)

0

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3

 

Rounding of petroglyph edges (or blurring of pictograph images)

0

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3

 

Scaling (larger than flaking)

0

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3

 

Textural anomaly features erode differentially (clay lenses, cementation differences, nodules)

0

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Splintering (following stone structures and oblique to stone surface)

0

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3

 

Other forms of incremental erosion

0

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Rock coatings on the Panel

not present

 

present

 

obvious

 

dominant

 

 

Anthropogenic (chalking, graffiti, other)

0

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3

 

Rock coating present

0

-1

-2

-3

 

Case hardening  (deposits in rock that harden outer shell)

0

-1

-2

-3

 

Salt Efflorescence or subflorescence

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Highlighting Vandalism and other Issues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Concerns

Please briefly describe the problem and why you believe that this concern endangers the panel. Put in  X on the right to indicate whether this concern creates a severe danger, great danger, urgent danger or problem for the panel.

 

 

 

Creates

a problem

 

 

 

Urgent

Danger

 

 

 

Great Danger

 

 

 

Severe Danger

Graffiti

 

 

 

 

                                           

 

 

 

 

Other Vandalism (describe)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visitor impact (e.g. dust, trail proximity)