Biological Effects

Some biological effects can be plant roots penetrating through the earth's surface into rock wedging rock apart. Animal burrowing through rocks, mining, highway construction, building of new buildings rock affected by root wedging
photo from http://www.geol.umd.edu/%7Ekaufman/ppt/chapter7/sld005.htm

anteater
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/edis771/webquest2000/
student/scolleenmuldoon/anteaters.html

highway workers
from www.fhwa.dot.gov/.../econdev/ wis29_image004.jpg

 

 




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