What is weathering?
PHYSICAL / MECHANICAL WEATHERING
Freeze-thaw weathering: Frost shattering; Ice wedging; Frost riving.
Ice segregation
Insolation / Thermal weathering
Pressure release
Slaking
Salt crystal growth, haloclasty
CHEMICAL WEATHERING
Dissolution / Carbonation weathering
Exfoliation
Hydrolysis
Oxidation weathering

Topic: Weathering

Weathering

Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

CHEMICAL WEATHERING
Spheroidal weathering 1: Corestones
Spheroidal weathering 2: Concentric weathering
Spheroidal weathering 3: Tor
BIOLOGICAL WEATHERING
Biological weathering
WEATHERED LANDSCAPES
Differential weathering
Frost-shattered peaks
Hoodoo (Topic Desert)
Natural arch (Topic Desert)
Pedestal rock (Topic Desert)
Scree or Talus
Tafoni
Wave Rock, Flared slope