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If the gravestone is a carbonate rock like limestone the rain will eventually erode the stone away as rain water is slightly acidic. Old tombstone are often illegible because of this as all the raised lettering is washed away. Alternately if the rain seeps into any cracks and freezes the stone will split or pall.
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What weathers marble and limestone?
carbon dioxide: when it mixes with rain& water will create carbonic acid rain which weathers marble and limestone.so carbonic acid weathers marble and limestone.
What weathers and transports rocks?
Water, rain. Also wind.
What affect does the acid rain have on the gravestone?
It can destroy the engravings.
What weathers rocks?
Rocks can be weathered by the wind or rain, or if water gets in some of the cracks, it would break apart
What is acid that weathers limestone?
acid rain
At what temperature does the weather reach boiling point?
Weathers boiling point?.... if you mean rain, its water so .. 100 degrees?..
How acid rain weathers rock?
It lands on the rocks and dissolves them.
What happens to the water that evaporates from the rain forests?
Evaporated water forms again clouds and rain.
What type of weathering could act on a gravestone?
Simply rain, gravestones are frequently made of marble and marble is etched by rain.
Chemical weahering happens when?
Carbon mixes with the rain water and when it falls, it wears out rocks. So it happens when the rain water mixes with the carbon from the air.
Which rock weathers most rapidly when exposed to acid rain?
limestone
What happens when the water droplets get to heavy?
its starts to rain
