Which outcome occurs when granitic bedrock undergoes spheroidal weathering?

💡 Explanation

Spheroidal weathering attacks corners because there are three directions of attack via hydrolysis reactions, rather than fewer edges/faces; therefore rounded boulders result, rather than angular fragments, because edges and corners weather more swiftly.

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