Which geologic change develops when surface abrasion by wind-driven particles exceed weathering?

💡 Explanation

Ventifacts result because aeolian abrasion exceeds rock weathering, therefore wind-faceted rocks form, rather than other landscape features primarily shaped through fluvial, glacial or dissolution processes that dominate elsewhere.

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