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Limestone is weathered by mechanical and chemical means:
Mechanical: plant root growth in cracks and crevices, frost wedging, rock falls, abrasion.
Chemical: exposure to fluids containing acids--particularly rainwater and flowing runoff that is naturally acidic--that chemically react with the calcium carbonate in the limestone, dissolving it.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoLimestone is weathered by water (rainwater) that erodes the rock away and forms underground cavers and gorges.
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What type of rocks are more easily weathered?
All types of rock can be weathered if near enough to the surface.
Does limestone weather slowly or quickly?
Relative to other rock types, limestone is on the 'easily weathered' end of the scale.
Which kinds of rock can easily be weathered by carbonic acid?
limestone and marble
To which Limestone called siliceous Limestone?
The rock tripoli is considered a siliceous limestone, as most of the calcium carbonate has been weathered out or baked out by proximity to a plutonic intrusion.
One sedimentary or one metamorphic rock that is most chemically weathered by acid rain?
LIMESTONE
What rock type is most weathered?
limestone
What rock is commonly weathered in cave formation?
Limestone.
what type of rock is weathered easily?
Shale & Limestone !
What is the most easily weathered type of rock?
Shale & Limestone !
What kind of acid has weathered the limestone in caves?
Carbonic acid
What type of rock is weathered most easily?
Shale & Limestone !
What type of rocks are more easily weathered?
All types of rock can be weathered if near enough to the surface.
Does limestone weather slowly or quickly?
Relative to other rock types, limestone is on the 'easily weathered' end of the scale.
Which kinds of rock can easily be weathered by carbonic acid?
limestone and marble
To which Limestone called siliceous Limestone?
The rock tripoli is considered a siliceous limestone, as most of the calcium carbonate has been weathered out or baked out by proximity to a plutonic intrusion.
What examples of rocks are easily weathered and rocks that are resistant to weathering?
limestone,sandstone,and shale
One sedimentary or one metamorphic rock that is most chemically weathered by acid rain?
LIMESTONE
