Spheroidal weathering is a form of chemical weathering that affects jointed bedrock and results in the formation of concentric or spherical layers of highly...

function Space weathering – Type of weathering Spheroidal weathering – Form of chemical weathering that affects jointed bedrock Weather testing of polymers –...

Often a weathering rind exhibits multiple bands of differing colors. Although sometimes confused with weathering rinds, spheroidal weathering is a different...

formations that characterize the Granite Dells. This process is called spheroidal weathering, and is common in granitic terrains. The Dells' granite has an unusually...

of the alleged megaliths. It is quite common for spheroidal weathering, a form of chemical weathering, to occur as groundwater circulates through orthogonal...

weathers to large roundish boulders, many of which stand on end due to spheroidal weathering acting on many nearly vertical joints in the rock. The rounded contours...

prominent rounded boulders that typify its landscape, the result of spheroidal weathering of fractured granite. It measures approximately 75 miles (121 km)...

trending Swynnerton fault offsets the dyke in a sinistral manner. Spheroidal weathering of exposed sections of the dykes has focussed on cooling joints...

Typically, rocking stones are residual corestones formed initially by spheroidal weathering and have later been exposed by erosion or glacial erratics left...

Pena do Equilibrio – Giant granite balancing rock resulting from spheroidal weathering, located in Ponteareas (Pontevedra, NW Spain). Kjeragbolten, Norway...

geological times, since the tertiary period, did the typical, rounded, spheroidal weathering of granite outcrops and granite boulders of the Brocken take place...

Germany. It is known primarily for its rock formations caused by spheroidal weathering, its ruined castles and the only remaining bear trap (Bärenfang)...

(geology) Spall Spheroidal weathering Chemical weathering occurs in granite exfoliation by changing the mineral composition. Mechanical Weathering is the breakdown...

in Carefree, Arizona, United States. The formation is caused by spheroidal weathering whereby the composition of the granite and its crystal structure...

the outer few centimetres are affected by chemical weathering in a process called spheroidal weathering. The boulders are affected more deeply by the extreme...

perfectly horizontal disposition.: 28  The traps weather with a characteristic spheroidal weathering and the trap area is strewn with numerous dark-coloured...

corestones form underground by the action of spheroidal weathering on jointed bedrock. Later, the weathered rock, which is called saprolite and formed by...

The well-rounded shapes of the individual blocks were formed by spheroidal weathering (Wollsackverwitterung) in the tropical, humid climate of the Cenozoic...

GS 43), three outsize blocks of granite that have been formed by spheroidal weathering. According to legend they originated as the three loaves of bread...

iron, also known as ductile cast iron, nodular cast iron, spheroidal graphite iron, spheroidal graphite cast iron and SG iron, is a type of graphite-rich...

photographed here. Globe Rock is a corestone that was formed in place by spheroidal weathering and later exposed by the erosion of the saprolite that once enclosed...

concentric layers of calcium salts found in limestone caves Products of spheroidal weathering Stone spheres of Costa Rica, artefacts of unknown purpose from the...

elevation of 817 m above NHN. They are granite rocks exhibiting spheroidal weathering. Iron ladders climb the rocks to a viewing point. The rocks are...

(Feuerstein = "firestone" or flint) as the name suggests. It shows the spheroidal weathering typical of the Harz region. The striking rock formation is located...

Mountains. The rock is a granite boulder that is a typical product of spheroidal weathering. The rock is inscribed with the words "Ferdinands Stein". Behind...

Azurite or Azure spar: 14  is a soft, deep-blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits. During the early 19th century, it was also known...

in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. It was formed by the process of spheroidal weathering. The Scherstorklippen is in the Upper Harz (High Harz) within the...

of the granite massif of the Brocken and are a clear example of spheroidal weathering" (Wollsackverwitterung). Another feature of the Schnarcherklippen...

weathering can easily take place. Due to the presence of deep weathering profiles, granite layer on the top turned into fine-sized soil by spheroidal...

0° The equator is a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the Northern and Southern hemispheres. On Earth, the Equator is an...