Weathering - Part 1

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Ice Crystals (Photo © Duncan Heron) Barnwell County, SC

Results of Frost Wedging with Help from Sheeting (Photo by Jim Mueller)

*Root Wedging (Photo © Duncan Heron) 40 Acre Rocky, SC

Vegetation Growing in Joints (Photo © Duncan Heron) Stone Mountain State Park, NC

*Sheeting (Photo © Duncan Heron) 40 Acre Rock, South Carolina

*Sheeting Fractures Closer Together Toward the Surface (Photo by Jim Mueller)

Stone Mt Georgia Sheeting Dome (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Vertical Joint at Stone Mt Georgia (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Sheeting Parallel to Surface (Photo © Duncan Heron) Western NC

Fresh Granite (Photo © Duncan Heron) Kershaw County, SC

Granite. First Stage of Chemical Weathering (Photo © Duncan Heron) Kershaw County, SC

Detail of Carving in SS, Petra, Jordan (Photo by Mayada Abu Jaber)

Fracture Pathway for Water (Photo © Duncan Heron) NC Museum of Life & Science, Durham, NC

*Corners Rounded by Weathering (Photo © Duncan Heron) NC Museum of Life & Science

Weathering Increases Toward Surface (Photo © Duncan Heron) NC Museum of Life & Science

Weathering Along a Joint (Photo © Duncan Heron) West Virginia Turnpike

Detail of Weathering Along Joint (Photo © Duncan Heron) West Virginia Turnpike

Why So Little Weathering? (Photo © Duncan Heron) 40 Acre Rock, SC

Foliated Rock (Photo © Duncan Heron) Western NC

Coarse Grained Rock (Photo © Duncan Heron) Flint pebbles near Hastings, England

Forum, Rome Italy (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Detail of Solution of Forum Marble, Rome Italy (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Lincoln Memorial (Photo © Duncan Heron) Washington, DC

Solution of Jefferson M. Marble (Photo © Duncan Heron) Washington, DC

Balustrades at Organization of American States (Photo © Duncan Heron) Washington, DC

Trinity Church Boston, MA (Photo © Duncan Heron)

Detail of Carving - Trinity Church (Photo © Duncan Heron) Boston, MA