Which material erosion results when atmospheric pressure gradients accelerate particles?

💡 Explanation

Ventifacts form because differential air pressure causes airborne particles to impact rock surfaces at high speed, resulting in *sandblasting*. Therefore wind erosion creates ventifacts on exposed surfaces, rather than fluvial (oxbow), volcanic (caldera), or chemical (karst) processes.

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