spheroidal weathering

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• Spheroidal weathering — is a type of chemical weathering that creates rounded boulders and helps to create domed monoliths. This should not be confused with stream abrasion, a physical process which also creates rounded rocks on a much smaller scale. A good example of… …   Wikipedia

• spheroidal weathering —   the chemical weathering of blocks of rock so that they take on a more rounded shape …   Geography glossary

• Weathering — This article is about weathering of rocks and minerals. For weathering of polymers, see Polymer degradation and Weather testing of polymers. Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soils and minerals as well as artificial materials through… …   Wikipedia

• Granite Dells — Watson Lake in the Granite Dells Dells Granite showing s …   Wikipedia

• Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve — IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) …   Wikipedia

• tor — /tawr/, n. a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill. [bef. 900; ME; OE torr < Celtic; cf. Ir tor rocky height, Welsh twr heap, pile] * * * ▪ geology       exposed rock mass of jointed and broken blocks. Tors are seldom more… …   Universalium

• diabase — diabasic, adj. /duy euh bays /, n. Petrol. 1. a fine grained gabbro occurring as minor intrusions. 2. Brit. a dark igneous rock consisting essentially of augite and feldspar; an altered dolerite. [1810 20; < F, equiv. to dia (error for di two) +… …   Universalium

• Alabama Hills — are a rocky formation on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains in the Owens Valley of California, near Lone Pine, California. Though geographically considered a range of hills, geologically they are a part of the Sierra Nevada… …   Wikipedia

• Sphere (disambiguation) — A sphere is an object shaped like the surface of a ball, but can be used to refer to a ball shaped object, as well as a sphere like or annular region or shell. Additionally, it has several metaphorical uses.In mathematics: * Sphere, the set of… …   Wikipedia

• Stone balls — The terms Stone balls, stone ball , stone spheres , and stone sphere have been used to designate spherical stone objects of both natural and artificial origin. Different types of stone balls include:Natural*Natural Stone Balls **megaspherulites… …   Wikipedia

• Phallic Rock — also commonly known as Cock Rock is a precambrian granite rock formation in Carefree, Arizona, United States. The formation is caused by spheroidal weathering whereby the composition of the granite and its crystal structure facilitated the… …   Wikipedia