It can cause huge parts of a mountainside to break and fall away.
It can cause huge parts of a mountainside to break and fall away.
It can cause huge part of a mountain to break and fall away
It can cause parts of a mountainside to break and fall away.
It can cause huge part of a mountain to break and fall away
It can cause huge parts of a mountainside to break and fall away.
It can cause huge parts of a mountainside to break and fall away.
physical
frost wedging
Ice wedging (frost action)
Frost wedging
Some types are thermal stress, frost wedging, abrasion, pressure fractures (pressure release), hydraulic action, and salt crystal expansion.
No, frost wedging is a physical weathering process caused by the expansion of freezing water in cracks and crevices of rocks. Chemical weathering involves the breakdown of rocks through chemical reactions rather than physical forces like frost.