Granite Commonly Fractures by ____, a Process in Which Plates

question 27

Multiple Choice

Granite commonly fractures by ____, a process in which plates of weathered material split away like layers of an onion and you can observe this type of weathering in Yosemite National Park.

• A) salt cracking
• B) exfoliation
• C) chemical weathering
• D) oxidation

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