A weathering process that involves the buildup of salts on rock surfaces through evaporation where these salts weaken the cements that bond the rocks so that they break is?

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Ellis Mcdowell

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11 October, 01:11

A weathering process that involves the buildup of salts on rock surfaces through evaporation where these salts weaken the cements that bond the rocks so that they break is?

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Armani Petersen · Answer 1

Salt-crystal growth is a weathering process that involves the buildup of salts on rock surfaces through evaporation where these salts weaken the cements that bond the rocks so that they break. In this process of weathering, there is salt crystallization which leads to gradual breaking of rocks.