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← GeographyWhich effect results when inconsistent wind scouring forms ventifacts?
A)Differential rock weathering develops desert pavement✓
B)Groundwater evaporates causing capillary action
C)Saltation sorts sediments creating ripples
D)Alluvial fans form stratified conglomerate deposits
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Differential rock weathering results because variations in rock hardness combined with aeolian abrasion from saltating sand grains via the mechanism of deflation sculpt resistant sections into ventifacts; therefore desert pavement forms rather than uniform erosion.
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