Many of the Native American dwellings at Mesa Verde and elsewhere in the western United States are located under overhangs that form along the contact between permeable and impermeable rock layers. These overhangs (niches) were primarily created by what process?
A) exfoliation
B) salt-crystal growth
C) hydrolysis
D) frost wedging
E) carbonic acid solution
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Q26: Q27: Salt-crystal growth (salt weathering) is an example Q28: When pressure is removed from overlying rock, Q29: Q30: When the upper surface of consolidated rock Q32: Factors influencing the weathering process include Q33: Exfoliation and pressure-release jointing are examples of Q34: Exfoliation occurs because Q35: In which climates would rocks experience the Q36: Frost wedging is an example of _
A) the
A) water combines with minerals
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