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Weathering & Erosion

Weathering & Erosion. River Erosion – Arizona, Colorado River Grand Canyon. Gust front dust cloud moving across the Big Spring Field Station Wind Erosion – Big Spring, Texas. Glacial Erosion – Troughs Yosemite National Park, Wyoming. Wind Erosion Arches National Park Moab, Utah.

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Weathering & Erosion

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  1. Weathering & Erosion

  2. River Erosion – Arizona, Colorado River Grand Canyon

  3. Gust front dust cloud moving across the Big Spring Field Station Wind Erosion – Big Spring, Texas

  4. Glacial Erosion – Troughs Yosemite National Park, Wyoming

  5. Wind Erosion Arches National Park Moab, Utah This one is 291 ft across – the size of a football field – the narrowest part is only 6ft wide

  6. Mass Movement- Slump

  7. River Erosion - Arizona

  8. Wave Erosion - The process of uplift, fluctuating sea levels, and wave erosion is etched on the rocks of Cape Flattery, Washington. Benches visible just above the current waterline represent prehistoric sea level. Click image for a larger view.

  9. River Erosion and Deposition near Arncliffe, England

  10. The steep sides of Doubtful Sound (New Zealand) indicate that it is a flooded glacial valley, formed when the world's sea levels rose following the last ice age. Glacial Erosion – Fjord

  11. Stream Erosion Rock Creek San Gabriel Mountain, CA

  12. Chalk outcroppings--dome, sugar-loaf and table-shaped--symbolize the different stages of wind erosion. White Desert - Egypt

  13. High Tide

  14. Low Tide Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park Canada

  15. World famous El Arco - the rock arch of Los Cabos – Baja California Wave Erosion Rocks on Cabo Pulmo beach are worn smooth and round by eons of wave erosion

  16. Niagra Falls Taken from satellites From Ontario, Canada

  17. La Conchita, CA 1995 landslide

  18. Wind Erosion Mars, the planet

  19. Brazil Napa, California Guatemala Mudslides

  20. Glacial Erosion – Rock Glacier Atlin Mountain in northern British Columbia, Canada

  21. Weathering - water collects and accentuates rates of chemical weathering

  22. Water pockets caused by wind erosion Mars, Utah

  23. What type of weathering caused this rock to break in half?

  24. Mass Movement - Creep

  25. River Erosion - Gua Kerbau River Malaysia

  26. Wind Erosion Sahara, Africa

  27. Glacial Erosion – Hornes created by the action of erosion and oversteepening of the headwall of a glacier cirque.

  28. Wind Erosion – Tarn Cave, South Africa Soft Layers have been eroded away

  29. Glacial Erosion - Abrasion

  30. Water Erosion of Limestone – River Ardeche, France

  31. Glacial Erosion – Himalayas, Tibet

  32. River Erosion Waimea Canyon Kauai, Hawaii

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