• Take-home Assignment.
  
  

Gradational Processes (Denudation)

often primary factor influencing landforms uplift counteracts gradation forces water - denudation -

• breaking large pieces into smaller ones
  
  
  
  
• joints, fractures, and faults are primary weak zones
  
  
  • talus slopes
    
    
    
• salt wedging in porous sandstone
  
  
  
  
• exfoliation -
  
  

• oxidation -
  
  
  
  
• hydration and hydrolysis -
  • hydration -
  • hydrolysis -
  • both aid in "exfoliation" by expanding silica minerals
    
    
• solution -
  • limestone