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Yes, wind and wave action can cause significant weathering to the glacier along the water line, eventually causing large chunks to break off and fall into the ocean to become icebergs.
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∙ 9y agoNo. Most mountain glaciers don't even come close to sea level.
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∙ 9y agoYes they are very effective at this, producing a finely powdered rock that forms a milky suspension in the melt water runoff.
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∙ 13y agothe sea level decreases
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What are thick masses of ice that erode rock and move sediment called?
These are glaciers.
How do glaciers accumulate their load of sediment?
Glaciers accumulate sediment through various processes. As glaciers move, they pluck and erode rocks from the underlying bedrock, entraining them into the ice. Glaciers also grind and crush the rocks they come into contact with, generating glacial flour or fine-grained sediment. Additionally, glaciers can transport sediment that has been deposited on their surface by wind or landslides, adding to their load of sediment.
How do glaciers erode rock?
sedimentary rock
How does glaciers erode by abrasion?
The heat from the glaciers makes the rocks erode or in other words melt.
What must any rock in the rock cycle do to become a sedimentary rock?
It must erode into sediment and then be compressed to form sedimentary rock.
What are thick masses of ice that erode rock and move sediment called?
These are glaciers.
How do glaciers accumulate their load of sediment?
Glaciers accumulate sediment through various processes. As glaciers move, they pluck and erode rocks from the underlying bedrock, entraining them into the ice. Glaciers also grind and crush the rocks they come into contact with, generating glacial flour or fine-grained sediment. Additionally, glaciers can transport sediment that has been deposited on their surface by wind or landslides, adding to their load of sediment.
How does nature erode and and deposit rock?
Water erodes small rocks by flowing over them,, ice glaciers drag rocks with them.
How do glaciers erode rock?
sedimentary rock
How does glaciers erode by abrasion?
The heat from the glaciers makes the rocks erode or in other words melt.
Why is weathering important to the rock cycle?
If there is no weather on earth we might not be able to live. weather also brings us food by giving us rain for our crops.
This type of formation moves sediment and erodes rock?
glaciers
What type of formation moves sediment and erodes rock?
Glaciers
What is created as a result of the moving of rock and sediments?
The ultimate creation of moving rock and sediment is a sediment deposit. Sediment deposits can eventually lithify into sedimentary rock.
What must any rock in the rock cycle do to become a sedimentary rock?
It must erode into sediment and then be compressed to form sedimentary rock.
How does glaciers and rivers form new rocks?
Glaciers and rivers transport eroded rock material (sediment), that can form new sedimentary rock after deposition.
Can a sedimentary rock turn back into a deposit of sediment?
Yes! The process of weathering can "break down" a sedimentary rock and turn it back into a sediment.
