Weathering
Types of weathering.
Chemical, biological and physical
- Created by: Brad_ers_B
- Created on: 28-04-14 20:55
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- Weathering
- Chemical waethering
- Carbonation
- Reaction between carbonic acid and minerals
- Hydrolysis
- Reaction between minerals and water causing mineral decomposition
- Carbonation
- Mechanical weathering
- Exfoliation
- Sheets of rock split off due to differential expansion and contraction of minerals
- Frost shattering
- The expansion of freezing water in fractures which forces rocks apart
- Pressure release
- Expansion and fracturing of rock due to removal of overlying rocks
- Exfoliation
- Biological weathering
- Root action
- The wedging action of plant roots
- Burrowing
- Animal activity brings rock material from shallow depths to the surface
- Root action
- Chemical waethering
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