10. Mechanical weathering Rock and mineral fragments are reduced to small size by purely physical means, without change in composition.
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14. SALT CRYSTALLIZATION WHEN WATER PRESENT IN THE PORES OF ROCK EVAPORATES MINUTE SALT CRYSTALLS ARE PRECIPITATED. THIS PROCESS IS CALLED SALT CRYSTALLIZAYION.
15. SHEETING A TYPE OF JOINTING PARALLEL TO THE ROCK SURFACE CAUSE BY PRESSURE RELEASE.