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प्रश्न
What is known as exfoliation? Name the processes involved in it?
उत्तर
Sudden change in temperature causes fissures in the rocks through which water penetrates to motivate chemical weathering along with sudden contraction and expansion due to change in temperature peels out the upper layer of rock known as exfoliation. The processes involved in exfoliation are mechanical or physical weathering, chemical weathering, contraction and expansion of rocks.
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