Centuries Ago Quarrymen Learned That When Quarrying Granite It Was

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Multiple Choice

Centuries ago quarrymen learned that when quarrying granite it was usually easiest to break the rock along a nearly horizontal surface. We now know this arises because ______.

• A) chemical weathering of granite makes the material expand, pulling it away from the underlying rock
• B) uplift and exhumation of granites produces an unloading, which produces sheeting joints like the quarrymen used
• C) frost wedging for hundreds of thousands to millions of years have produced cracks parallel to the ground surface
• D) it was a false observation; the quarrymen in those days couldn't measure resistance, and it just seemed easier to wedge blocks of this type

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