Thursday, February 24, 2011

Frost Shattering


In this photo, Forst shattering the mechanical weathering and breakdown of rocks is occurring.Frost shatterings ocurrs in the cracks in the rocks areas where the temperature fluctuates around 0'C. The alternating processes of frost shattering slowly widens the cracks and in time, causes pieces of rock to shatter from the main rock.

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