RECENTLY, Wellman and Wilson 1 have directed attention to ‘salt weathering’, that is, ‘the fragmentation of rocks by the crystallization of salts’, as a geomorphic process of appreciable efficiency, ...

Salt creeping on smooth glass substrate. Credit: M.J. Qazi; H. Salim; C.A.W. Doorman; N. Shahidzadeh Salt creep – a common phenomenon that occurs when salt crystals rapidly precipitate from ...