Exfoliation Occurs Because

question 71

Multiple Choice

Exfoliation occurs because

• A)water combines with minerals and increases their size,thereby causing surrounding minerals to pop out of the rock matrix.
• B)water freezes in joints and expands.
• C)overlying rock is removed,thereby allowing the underlying rock mass to expand and fracture.
• D)water dissolves minerals and carries them away changing the shape of the rock.
• E)metallic elements in rock combine with oxygen to form oxides that are much weaker than the parent rock.

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