Frost (ice) wedging is the alternating freezing and thawing of moisture in the openings or cracks of rocks resulting in a breakdown of the rock--this is the single most abundant form of physical weathering a slope of gravel material called talus can form at the base of a cliff or mountain--this accumulation of material is an example of mass wasting--frost wedging loosens pieces of bedrock which then fall and accumulate click here to see a talus slope in humid northern latitudes during the late Autumn or early Spring frost wedging causes "potholes" in streets and highways click here to see frost wedging 2.
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L:here to see a talus slope in humid northern latitudes during the late Autumn or early Spring frost wedging
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an example of mass wasting
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