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How do more frequent droughts affect rocks?
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They cover sedimentary rocks with igneous rocks.
They make rocks stick together through cementation.
They expose layers of rock that were buried.
They make rocks more brittle and prone to erosion.
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They make rocks more brittle and prone to erosion.
Droughts dry out soils and vegetation cover, increase mechanical weathering (desiccation, thermal stress) and leave surfaces exposed to wind and occasional intense rains, so rocks break down and erode more easily.
Droughts dry out soils and vegetation cover, increase mechanical weathering (desiccation, thermal stress) and leave surfaces exposed to wind and occasional intense rains, so rocks break down and erode more easily.
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