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  surface disintegration /sˈɜːfɪs dˌɪsˌɪntɪɡɹˈeɪʃən/
  Verwitterung  [geol.]
     Synonyms: weathering, decay
  
   see: cavernous weathering, carbonation, chemical weathering, decomposition, efflorescence, immature weathering, humic decomposition, concentric weathering, speroidal weathering, mechanical weathering, physical weathering, disintegration, disaggregation, onion weathering, degradation, submarine weathering, halmyro(ly)sis