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Yolanda

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Centuries ago quarrymen learned that when quarrying granite it was usually easiest to break the rock along a nearly horizontal surface. We now know this arises because ________.
◦ it was a false observation; the quarrymen in those days couldn't measure resistance, and it just seemed easier to wedge blocks of this type
◦ chemical weathering of granite makes the material expand, pulling it away from the underlying rock
◦ uplift and exhumation of granites produces an unloading, which produces sheeting joints like the quarrymen used
◦ frost wedging for hundreds of thousands to millions of years have produced cracks parallel to the ground surface
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Reply #1 on: Feb 28, 2020
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