Which outcome is more likely after prolonged abrasion by saltating sand particles?

💡 Explanation

Ventifact formation increases, because aeolian abrasion mechanically erodes rock surfaces by grain impact; therefore a sculpted shape results, rather than greater moisture due to increased surface area, which happens on small areas only.

• Which outcome occurs when glacial headwall freeze cracks within a cirque?
• Which consequence results when thermokarst destabilizes Arctic infrastructure?
• Which geologic feature forms when differential stress accumulates along an offset transform fault?
• Which mechanism amplifies trade winds across the tropical Pacific Ocean due to the Coriolis effect?
• Which change of prevailing wind direction results from the combined Coriolis effect and decreasing pressure gradient force?
• Which long-term outcome primarily results from isostatic rebound post-deglaciation on coastal islands?