The Weathering Process at the Eramosa Karst Conservation Area

1. Mechanical - Processes of mechanical weathering (or physical disintegration) break up rock into smaller pieces but do not change the chemical composition. The most common mechanical weathering processes are frost action and abrasion.
2. Chemical. The processes of chemical weathering (or rock decomposition) transform rocks and minerals exposed to water and atmospheric gases into new chemical compounds (different rocks and minerals), some of which can be dissolved away.
3. Physical removal of weathered rock by water, ice, or wind is called erosion.

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