Chemical Weathering

 

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photo of chemical weathering of headstones
Different effects of chemical weathering according to
rock type: limestone in foreground; granite in left
background, Vermont.

 

photo of dissolution weathering of sandstone
Honeycomb weathering from dissolution of cement
in sandstone, Oregon. 		photo of granite corestone, hydrolysis
Granite corestone produced by hydrolysis
of surrounding rock.
photo of soil profile in grassland
Soil profile in grassland, Colorado. 		photo of weathering rind in granite
Weathering rind in granite produced primarily by
oxidation.

 

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