GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Physical weathering, also called mechanical weathering or disaggregation, is the class of processes that causes the disintegration of rocks without chemical change.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mechanical weathering: is the physical breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces and fragments. It does not alter the chemical composition of the original rock.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mechanical weathering is also known as physical weathering. In this type of weathering, a large rock is disintegrated into smaller pieces of rocks. When rocks disintegrate or break up without experiencing any change in their chemical composition, it is known as mechanical weathering.

Detailed explanation-4: -Weathering is the physical and chemical breakdown of rock at the earth’s surface. A. The physical breakdown of rock involves breaking rock down into smaller pieces through mechanical weathering processes. These processes include abrasion, frost wedging, pressure release (unloading), and organic activity.

Detailed explanation-5: -1. Weathering is a term which describes the general process by which rocks are broken down at the Earth’s surface into such things as sediments, clays, soils and substances that are dissolved in water. 2. The process of weathering typically begins when the earth’s crust is uplifted by tectonic forces.