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Salt Weathering

Salt Weathering

Update: 2024-03-211
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In this episode, I talk about how salt acts as a physical weathering agent to break down rocks.  Physical weathering is the breaking down of rocks without a chemical change, and salt can act as the agent that breaks down rocks especially close to the ocean, but also in salt-rich soils, etc.

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Salt Weathering

Salt Weathering

Gary Lewis, GEOetc.com