weathering agents
1Weathering — 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… …
2weathering — The change in appearance of paint caused by exposure to the elements. The physical disintegration and chemical decomposition of materials on exposure to atmospheric agents. Also see natural weathering …
3weathering — All physical disintegration, chemical decomposition, and biologically induced changes in rocks or other deposits at or near the earth s surface by atmospheric or biologic agents or circulating surface waters with essentially no transport of… …
4weathering — n. effect of weather; process by which exposed rock is disintegrated and decomposed by atmospheric agents or water (Geology); material used for weather strip weath·er || weðə(r) n. atmospheric conditions; stormy weather; vicissitudes of fate v …
5weathering — weath•er•ing [[t]ˈwɛð ər ɪŋ[/t]] n. gel the process by which various natural agents, as wind and water, act upon exposed rock, causing it to disintegrate to sand and soil • Etymology: 1655–65 …
6duricrust — /door i krust , dyoor /, n. a hard crust that forms on or in soil in semiarid climates owing to cementation of soil particles. Cf. caliche, hardpan (defs. 1, 2). [ < L dur(us) hard + I + CRUST] * * * ▪ geology Introduction surface or near… …
7Sedimentary rock — Middle Triassic marginal marine sequence of siltstones (below) and limestones (above), Virgin Formation, southwestern Utah, USA Sedimentary rock are types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material at the Earth s surface and within… …
8olivine — olivinic /ol euh vin ik/, olivinitic /ol euh vi nit ik/, adj. /ol euh veen , ol euh veen /, n. Mineral. any of a group of magnesium iron silicates, (Mg,Fe)2SiO4, occurring in olive green to gray green masses as an important constituent of basic… …
9Mycena galopus — Scientific classification Kingdom: F …
10агенты выветривания — Солнечное излучение, вода, кислород, различные кислоты, животные и растительные организмы. [Словарь геологических терминов и понятий. Томский Государственный Университет] Тематики геология, геофизика Обобщающие термины выветриваниеэкзогенные… …
