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← GeographyWhich outcome occurs when desert winds erode existing rock through airborne particle abrasion?
A)Formation of ventifacts on exposed surfaces✓
B)Development of patterned ground polygons
C)Creation of playas in topographic depressions
D)Deposition of loess across wide areas
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Abrasion processes, specifically aeolian abrasion, cause wind-driven particles that sculpt rocks. The result concentrates erosion on windward surfaces, leading to the creation of ventifacts, because this action carves unique shapes; therefore, ventifact genesis, rather than geological patterns/features forms.
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