Imagine that you have been appointed to a team of researchers charged with determining whi...

Imagine that you have been appointed to a team of researchers charged with determining which of the five World Heritage Sites in Figure 9.1 is at greatest risk from chemical weathering. Identify at least three general questions you will ask as you begin to gather data for your study. Describe how you will use the information in combination with data on physical weathering to plan your next steps.

Figure 9.1 Five World Heritage Sites discussed in this chapter. Note that all sites are located in relatively warm climates. The sites include: a. the eleventh-century temple complex at Angkor Wat, Cambodia; b. the thirteenth-century cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, Colorado; c. the 2,400-year-old Parthenon in Athens, Greece; d. Machu Picchu, Peru, constructed by the Incan culture high in the Andes Mountains in the fifteenth century; and e. a twelfth-century mosque in Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania.