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Physical weathering takes place when solid rocks are broken into fragments with little or no chemical change in the rock itself. Only physical weathering occurs in very cold, dry or very hot, dry climates, and splitting is largely due to insolation. A chemical analysis of the fragmented rock would be similar to that of the solid rock. Disintegration of rocks in moist climates accompanies chemical weathering.
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Carroll, D. (1970). Physical Weathering. In: Rock Weathering. Monographs in Geoscience. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1794-4_7
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