0
In some case chemical weathering can cause this (where new crystals form from old ones but where the volume of the new crystals is not the same as the original).
In other cases the weathering process is temperature driven by water entering the porous layer of a weathering rock and freezing. This can split the rock parallel to the surface, giving it exfoliation layers.
Some texts also imply that exfoliation domes are produced by by removal of vertical pressure relieving paleo stresses in the rock, this however would not be a weathering process.
Wiki User
∙ 7y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
In what type of weathering does salt wedging occur?
mechanical weathering
What type of weathering causes root wedging?
Biological hydraulic weathering.
What type of weathering is seen in desert environments a. spheroidal weathering b. hydrolysis c. sedimentation d. differential weathering?
differential weathering
What type of weathering does plant cause?
Biological. General rule, anything alive which causes weathering is biological weathering.
When acid rain falls on limestone what type of weathering occurs?
Chemical weathering
What type of weathering causes exfoliation?
Mechanical weathering.
Which type of weathering causes the peeling of large curved sheets from a rock?
EXFOLIATION
What type of weathering is caused by expansion and contraction of the rock?
Frost wedging
What is it called when rocks peel off in layers due to ice or water?
It is a type of weathering called exfoliation; also called onion skin weathering.
What type weathering produces rust?
rain and any type of precipitation
Type of physical weathering?
Therew is only to types of weathering in my knowledge and they are Mechanical and Chemical (in scientific term). Mechanical is also know as physical.
The type of weathering caused by physical means is what type of weathering?
Mechanical (physical) weathering is the breakdown of rock into smaller particles due to such factors as freezing and thawing, release of pressure, water absorption, salt crystal formation, landmass uplift, expansion and contraction from the sun or fire, plant root growth, actions of animals, abrasion, or other means that do not directly affect the rock's chemistry.
What is the main type of weather in in the desert?
Physical Weathering (aka Mechanical Weathering) is the main type of weathering in deserts.
What type of weathering can ice wedging cause?
The type of weathering that causes Ice Wedging is Mechanical/ Physical Weathering.
Is a type of physical weathering.?
Frost wedging
What type of weathering creates caves or caverns?
Chemical Weathering .
What type of weathering is water?
If you meant weathering that is caused by water; physical weathering is the answer.
