What outcome occurs from sustained saltation on desert rocks?

💡 Explanation

Constant sandblasting gradually carves surfaces, because aeolian abrasion (saltation) preferentially weathers softer areas, therefore sculpted ventifact shapes emerge rather than dune stabilization/loess accumulation, which involve different particle transport and deposition processes.

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