When pressure is removed from overlying rock,the pressure of deep burial is relieved,initiating pressure-release jointing.The joints then separate into curved slabs.This is known as
A) exfoliation.
B) frost wedging.
C) salt crystal growth.
D) spheroidal weathering.
E) crystallization.
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Q20: Q21: _occurs as rock surfaces heated by the Q22: Factors influencing the weathering process include Q23: The fact that water expands as much Q24: Exfoliation occurs because Q26: The consolidated or unconsolidated materials from which Q27: Frost wedging is an example of _weathering Q28: Chemical weathering that softens and rounds the Q29: In which climates would rocks experience the Q30: Which of the following is not a
A)the climate
A)water combines with minerals and
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