physical exfoliation
physical exfoliation
[′fiz·ə·kəl eks‚fō·lē′ā·shən] (geology)
A type of exfoliation caused by physical forces; for example, by the freezing of water that has penetrated fine cracks in rock or by the removal of overburden concealing deeply buried rocks.
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