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In the extreme, DG becomes sand and clay, not gravel. The gravel will decompose to sand eventually, will try to fix accordingly.
Blkutter (
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16:05, 3 October 2010 (UTC)reply
A question about the mechanism (I'm lazy, because I *could* look this up). Which weathers into clay faster: feldspar or mica? Also, what sorts of environments are conducive to decomposing granite. The one I'm familiar with is essentially a marine environment. Argyriou(talk)20:10, 3 October 2010 (UTC)reply
I believe the granite decomposes due to weathering in marine and other environments, the environment will affect the products of the decomposition.
Blkutter (
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22:25, 5 October 2010 (UTC)reply
Decomposed granite is part of WikiProject Rocks and minerals, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative, comprehensive and easy-to-use rocks and minerals resource. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the
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In the extreme, DG becomes sand and clay, not gravel. The gravel will decompose to sand eventually, will try to fix accordingly.
Blkutter (
talk)
16:05, 3 October 2010 (UTC)reply
A question about the mechanism (I'm lazy, because I *could* look this up). Which weathers into clay faster: feldspar or mica? Also, what sorts of environments are conducive to decomposing granite. The one I'm familiar with is essentially a marine environment. Argyriou(talk)20:10, 3 October 2010 (UTC)reply
I believe the granite decomposes due to weathering in marine and other environments, the environment will affect the products of the decomposition.
Blkutter (
talk)
22:25, 5 October 2010 (UTC)reply