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What does creep erosion mean?

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the process by which bits of broken rock are carried away and the slow downhill movement of rock and soil.

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Is a creep formed by erosion or deposition?

Creep is formed by erosion.


What cause a creep?

erosion from my butt


What are creeps agents of erosion?

The Creep's agents of erosion are water and gravity. Because of how slow the entire process is, the Creep can take many years to become obvious to the casual observer.


What is the soil moving slowly downhill called?

Erosion. More specifically in soils this is likely to be creep or solifluction. These are types of mass wasting.


Water erosion begins when runoff from rainfall flows in a thin layer over the land in a kind of erosion called?

Sheet erosion


What are two types of wind erosion?

There are different types of wind erosion. The main types of wind erosion include surface erosion, saltation, soil creep and suspension.


Is a creep created by deposition or erosion?

Creep is a type of mass movement, which some people misconceive as a form of erosion. The creep often occurs when the top part is so heavy that the bedding plane cannot hold the material any longer, and the material creeps slowly down the slope, taking many years.


What is the agent of erosion for creep?

there are actually five types. water, wind, waves, glaciers, and gravity.


What are the different types of gravity erosion?

The types of erosion by gravity are: slump and creep Types of deposition by gravity: rock falls, rock slide, mud flow


Which is a very slow type of erosion that moves rocks and soil is it a glacier a creep a landslide or weathering?

glacier


What does Olijide mean?

to be a friend and to be creep and funny


What does erosion and deposition mean?

erosion means when a rock breaks..