Which process accelerates desert pavement formation involving 'desert varnish'?

💡 Explanation

Eolian deflation accelerates desert pavement formation because wind erosion removes fine particles, leaving larger rocks coated with desert varnish. The mechanism is granular removal, rather than varnish oxidation, therefore deflation, not stabilization, changes profile.

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