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Weathering And Erosion

Weathering And Erosion. Weathering And Erosion. The Different Types of Weathering. There are many different types of weathering . Here are a few:. Frost Action Wind Abrasion Exfoliation. Root Pry/Plant Growth Animals Acid Oxidation from AIR.

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Weathering And Erosion

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  1. Weathering And Erosion Weathering And Erosion

  2. The Different Types of Weathering There are many different types of weathering. Here are a few: • Frost Action • Wind Abrasion • Exfoliation • Root Pry/Plant Growth • Animals • Acid • Oxidation from AIR

  3. Frost Action or ice wedging slowly breaks up this sedimentary rock into unusual shapes.

  4. These rocks have been blasted by wind and sand causing them to become rounded. WIND ABRASION

  5. This is a picture of the Half Dome. The rock is peeling away from the mountain in layers just like an onion. This is exfoliation.

  6. Root Pry The tree is growing in the rock and soon the rock will break apart because of the tree roots.

  7. Animals Use the pictures from the text book pg. 300, chose one of the four on the bottom of the page Animals burrowing or moving through cracks can break rock.

  8. 1908 to 1969 Acid rain has eaten away this limestone statue. Acid Rain

  9. This rock is red because of the oxidation of iron in the sediment when the rock was being formed.

  10. Erosion There are many kinds of Erosion. Here are a few: • Mass Movement: • Rock Fall Avalanche • Landslides • Slump • Mud Flow • Creep • Wave Action • Wind Erosion • Glaciers • Running Water

  11. Rock Fall Rapid freefalling, bounding, sliding, or rolling of large masses of rock or individual rocks

  12. This is a picture of a landslide. A type of mass wasting.

  13. In this picture the land has slumped into the road below.

  14. Mudflow A downslope movement of mud

  15. This is a diagram of creep. The hillside slowly slips over many years from temperature or water.

  16. Wave action is when waves hit the rocks and pieces of rock break off.

  17. Wind Erosion Removal of soil particles by wind

  18. This is a picture of a glacier which carves out a U-shaped valley where it flows dragging rocks and boulders along the way.

  19. This is a picture of an avalanche. It is similar to a landslide with ice and snow instead of rock.

  20. In this picture the running water eroded the sides of this canyon and created the V-shaped valleys.

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