Sentence examples for weathering in from inspiring English sources
Geomorphologists deal with weathering in terms of process—how the weathered mantle is formed and with respect to landform evolution using a spatial approach.
Quartz is mechanically resistant and relatively inert chemically during rock weathering in temperate and cold climates.
The surface is stony and rocky, with great accumulations of friable rock, broken up by frost weathering in the intensely cold climate occurring at such high elevations.
The Cenozoic leaching of rocks by weathering in humid climates which forms iron-rich residuals (laterization)—also affected the uplands, from northern Queensland to Tasmania.
Studies based on rates of surface weathering in the Appalachian valleys of Pennsylvania indicate that caves at the highest elevation in the residual hills may be 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 years old.
Weathering in subtropical climates removes a major portion of the host rock, but the contained nickel dissolves and percolates downward and may reach a concentration sufficiently high to make mining economical.
This indicates the dominance of silicate weathering in the groundwater.
Many misconceptions exist regarding weathering in arid regions.
This study highlights the importance of carbonate weathering in alpine biogeochemical cycling during the initial stage of weathering in granitoid rock areas.
Nevertheless, continuity and weathering in-fill cannot be detected.
The permeability of fissured rock masses is strongly related to joint characteristics; degree of jointing, opening, continuity and presence of weathering in-fill.
