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Physical weathering
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Is when rock is broken and disintegrated without any chemical alteration, the process
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Chemical weathering
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Decomposition or chemical change of minerals in rock. Involves reaction between air, water, and minerals.
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Controls
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Rocks characterics, Climate, Hydrology, Slope orientation, and Vegetation
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Rocks characterics
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Climate
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The consistent, long-term behavior of weathering over time, and is the condition of the atmosphere at any giving place or time.
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Hydrology
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Global circulation, distribution, and properties specifically water at and below earth's surface.
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Slope orientation
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Vegetation
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Frost Action
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When water freezes its volume expands 9% expansion createss a powerful mechanical force which can exceed the tensional strenghth of rock.
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Exfoliation
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Creates arch-shaped or dome-shaped features on exposed landscape. Created mostly from Ingous rock.
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Solution
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Carbonation
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Reaction where by carbon combines with menerals.
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