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Transporting is a key and at high temp (100-300 deg c) of water changing the rock. water is great at weathing because its has great solution properties.
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What is water - rock interations on Karst?
Is the morphological landscape of dissoloution and percipation of near surface bed rock.
What kind of weathering is a cracked rock?
It is water weathering
What is water - rock interations on Metasomatism?
Of many isons dissolve in water Na+,K+, Ca2+ Elements are slowly stripped away.
Is water freezing in cracks in a rock a physical weathering?
it is a physical weathering.
What is water freezing in the crack of a rock an example of?
Water freezing in the cracks of rock is an example of Mechanical Weathering also referred to as Physical Weathering.
Does weathering happen when bits of rock are moved by water or ice?
weathering happens when bits of rock are moved by water or ice true or false
Which type of weathering involved water filling cracks in a rock?
Frost Weathering!
How does freezingwater cause the weathering of rocks?
Water can get into fractures/joints/pores of rock, freeze, and then expand, weathering the rock.
Which substance has the greatest effect on the rate of weathering of rock?
wind, water and ice has the greatest effect on weathering of rock
What is the importance of water to chemical weathering?
in chemical the minerals present in the rock dissolve in water causing chemical weathering
Why is rock weathering reduced in the desert?
Water causes the greatest amount of weathering, especially flowing water. Water is scarce in deserts.
In the rock cycle water and weather wear away rock by the process of?
Weathering.
