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Summary Mechanical Weathering

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Covering topics such as population dynamics, rocks and weathering processes, plate tectonics, slope systems, case studies, and plate boundaries, this guide offers concise yet thorough explanations supplemented with illustrative diagrams and examples. Additionally, it includes a selection of past pa...

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  • February 25, 2024
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  • 2023/2024
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Mechanical Weathering
This is caused by physical changes such as
changes in temperature - freezing and
thawing. There are no chemical changes.
Frost Shattering (Freeze-tha
Water expands when it freezes into ice. The form
can also break rocks.


Temperature changes
When a rock gets hot it expands a
little, and when a rock gets cold
it contracts a little. If water gets into a crack in a rock and then fr
If a rock is heated and cooled many it expands and pushes the crack further apart. W
melts later, water can get further into the crack. W
times (like in a desert), cracks form freezes again, it expands and makes the crack ev
and pieces of rock fall away.
This process of freezing and thawing can continu
crack becomes so big that a piece of rock fal

, Freeze Thaw

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