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Haloclasty

Haloclasty (also called salt weathering) is a type of physical weathering caused by the growth and thermal expansion of salt crystals. The process starts

Haloclasty

Sphinx water erosion hypothesis

Fringe theory on the age of the Great Sphinx of Giza

the haloclasty process is Dr James A. Harrell of the University of Toledo, who advocates that the deep erosion crevices were caused by the haloclasty process

Sphinx water erosion hypothesis

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Weathering

Deterioration of rocks and minerals through exposure to the elements

Salt crystallization (also known as salt weathering, salt wedging or haloclasty) causes disintegration of rocks when saline solutions seep into cracks

Weathering

Halo-

Topics referred to by the same term

to indicate halotolerance and is a portion of many words: Halobacteria Haloclasty Halophile Halophyte Halo (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists

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Silt

Classification of soil or sediment

weathering and soil formation, through processes such as frost shattering and haloclasty. This produces silt particles whose size of 10–30 microns is determined

Silt

Tafoni

Small to large indentations in vertical to steeply sloping granular rock

rock basins formed on the top surfaces of non-glaciated rock outcrops. Haloclasty Paradise, T.R., 2013. Tafoni and other rock basins. In: Shroder, J. (Editor

Tafoni

Denudation

Processes of wearing away landforms

water and salt. Other examples include: Earthquakes causing landslides; Haloclasty, the build-up of salt in cracks in rocks leading to erosion and weathering;

Denudation