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Weathering and soil Earth’s external processes - weathering Mechanical

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1 Weathering and soil Earth’s external processes - weathering Mechanical
frost wedging unloading thermal expansion Chemical dissolution oxidation hydrolysis Biological Weathering and soil

2 Mechanical weathering – frost wedging
Weathering and soil

3 Mechanical weathering – frost wedging
Weathering and soil

4 Mechanical weathering – talus slopes
Weathering and soil

5 Mechanical weathering – unloading (sheeting)
Weathering and soil

6 Mechanical weathering – unloading (exfoliation domes)
Weathering and soil

7 Mechanical weathering – unloading (exfoliation domes)
Weathering and soil

8 Mechanical weathering – thermal expansion
Weathering and soil

9 Chemical weathering – dissolution
Weathering and soil

10 Chemical weathering – dissolution
Weathering and soil

11 Chemical weathering – oxidation
Weathering and soil

12 Chemical weathering – acid mine drainage
Weathering and soil

13 Chemical weathering – spheroidal weathering
Weathering and soil

14 Rates of weathering – differential weathering
Weathering and soil

15 Soil - regolith Weathering and soil

16 Soil - humus Weathering and soil

17 Soil – formation and composition
Weathering and soil

18 Soil – formation and composition
Weathering and soil

19 Soil – parent material Weathering and soil

20 Soil – parent material (residual soil)
Weathering and soil

21 Soil – soil profile

22 Soil – eluviation and leaching
Weathering and soil

23 Soil – eluviation and leaching
Weathering and soil

24 Soil – eluviation and leaching
Weathering and soil

25 Soil – soil taxonomy Weathering and soil


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