On the Meltwater Origin of Potholes Found on Granite Ridges——A Consultation with Academician Shi Yafeng
The authors of this paper collected a lot of materials and references to discuss the origin of potholes with Academician Shi Yafeng. The authors disagree with Academician Shi Yafeng on the origin of potholes. Potholes are formed without being controlled by the joints in granites and without the participation of weathering, and thus, can not be interpreted with the so-called “negative spheroidal weathering”. Potholes can only be formed under the erosion of fast whirling water, and so the ones found on the granite ridges in the east of