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Weathering Notes

Weathering is the breaking down of rocks and other materials on the earth’s surface

Two Types of Weathering

1) Mechanical/physical weathering No change in the rock’s chemical composition. Agents of mechanical weathering include: Temperature: causes repeated expansion and contraction

1) Mechanical/physical weathering Ice wedging (frost action, freeze-thaw cycle): when liquid water goes into cracks and then freezes causing the cracks to get wider

Organic activity (root-pry, burrowing animals, human activities)

Gravity: rocks falling and colliding with other rocks

Abrasion: wearing away by solid particles Wind-blown Sand

Unloading: the expanding of high pressure rock when exposed to a lower pressure Classic sheeted granite along the Tioga Road, Yosemite National Park. The granite is broken into gently dipping plates by unloading joints. Unloading joints probably form as the rock is exposed by erosion. These joints, and others that are more steeply oriented, provide pathways for water to enter the rock.

Exfoliation or unloading - rock breaks off into leaves or sheets along joints which parallel the ground surface; caused by expansion of rock due to uplift and erosion; removal of pressure of deep burial

Contraction due to crystallization The surface pattern on this pedestal rock is honeycomb weathering, caused by salt crystallisation. This example is at Yehliu, Taiwan. Salt weathering of building stone on the island of Gozo, Malta

Mechanical (physical) Weathering Clip

2) Chemical weathering The altering of the composition of minerals within a rock that results in a reduction in size. Agents of chemical weathering include: Water: Dissolves minerals out of rocks making them weaker

Chemical weathering Acid: Dissolves minerals in rocks (examples: carbonic acid, acid rain, and plant acid)

Lichens such as these growing on the rocks in the picture can produce weak acids that react with the rock.

3000 year old Egyptian Obelisk after 100 years in NY

The Parthenon in Greece shows discoloration and chemical weathering effects from air pollution and acid rain.

Chemical weathering Oxidation: Oxygen combines with iron minerals and sulfur minerals changing the composition of the rock Oxidation turned these rocks in Nevada's Valley of Fire red. Chemical (decomposition) weathering clip

Factors that determine the rate of weathering: Composition Physical conditions of rock Cracks, holes, crevices – easier weathering Solid, unbroken – more weather resistant

In which shape will weathering occur faster?

Climate: Cold Climates– mechanical weathering breaks down rocks rapidly Warm, wet climates – chemical weathering breaks down rocks rapidly

Topography: the position of the rock Air pollution Exposure time Surface area exposed Mechanical and chemical weathering work together

Weathering by Brainpop How long does the weathering process take? What is carbonic acid a mixture of? What kind of rocks are formed by weathering?