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Principally chemical as the limestone is dissolved by carbonic acid (rain-water acidified by absorbed atmospheric CO2). As the cave develops mechanical weathering of its stream-passages may contribute, by abrading the rock with sand carried in the stream.
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What type of weathering creates caves or caverns?
Chemical Weathering .
What type of weathering can ice wedging cause?
The type of weathering that causes Ice Wedging is Mechanical/ Physical Weathering.
What type of weathering causes a face to form on a cliff?
Chemical weathering causes a face to form on a cliff.
Which type of weathering causes the mineral composition of rocks to change?
mechanical weathering
Which type of weathering causes the mineral composition of rock to change?
mechanical weathering
What type of weathering creates caves or caverns?
Chemical Weathering .
What type of weathering causes exfoliation?
Mechanical weathering.
What type of weathering can ice wedging cause?
The type of weathering that causes Ice Wedging is Mechanical/ Physical Weathering.
What type of weathering causes root wedging?
Biological hydraulic weathering.
What type of weathering causes a face to form on a cliff?
Chemical weathering causes a face to form on a cliff.
Which type of weathering causes the mineral composition of rocks to change?
mechanical weathering
Which type of weathering causes the mineral composition of rock to change?
mechanical weathering
What type of weathering causes sinkholes?
chemacal
Which family of rock is formed from weathering?
Clastic sedimentary rock is the usual type of rock formed from the products of rock weathering.
What type of weathering does plant cause?
Biological. General rule, anything alive which causes weathering is biological weathering.
Water causes what type of weathering?
Water causes mechanical and chemical weathering.
What type of weathering causes rust?
It is called Oxydation
