Which weathering outcome increases in arid desert pavements?

💡 Explanation

Capillary action draws groundwater containing dissolved salts to the desert pavement surface; the water evaporates, concentrating salts due to **haloclasty**. This causes increased salt concentration rather than exfoliation effects, because exfoliation depends on significant moisture, unlike arid environments.

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