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spherical weathering, spheroidal weathering, concentric weathering
1. The chemical weathering of blocks of rock so that they take on a more rounded shape; such as rounded boulders that help to create domed monoliths.
2. Chemical weathering in which concentric or spherical shells of decayed rock are successively separated from a block of rock.

It commonly results in the formation of a rounded boulder of decomposition.

This entry is located in the following units: centro-, centr-, centri-, kentro- (page 9) sphero-, spher-, -sphere- (page 13)