Exfoliation occurs because
A) water combines with minerals and increases their size, thereby causing surrounding minerals to pop out of the rock matrix.
B) water freezes in joints and expands.
C) overlying rock is removed, thereby allowing the underlying rock mass to expand.
D) All of the above are possible causes of exfoliation.
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