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Explain how sediment of different sizes moves during wind erosion?
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Sediment of smaller mass is easier for the power of wind to overcome the power of gravity in moving it from one place to another. Most sediment moved by wind that is tiny as sand.
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What happens during glacial erosion?
It goes up ur ass.Then u eat it
What is a flood plan?
A floodplain is a flat region of land formed of river sediment and it is flooded during the rainy season each year.
How do humans affect erosion by logging?
Human beings may cause erosion by activities such as farming or games. They may also cause erosion by cutting down trees and other vegetation that act as windbreakers.
Summarize the state of America's economy during the Carter administration and explain Carter's domestic policy and efforts?
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Can you explain how the transfer of energy as seismic waves is related to the frequency and magnitude of earthquake in a region?
They both based on the amount of energy that is released during earthquake
Wind and water carry sediment from one place to another during?
Erosion
What can happen to sand and sediment during the process of wind erosion?
during wind erection, sand and sediment may form a shape, commenly known as a "boner".
What are the processes caused by gravity that move sediment downhill?
Generally, these processes are referred to as transportation, the movement of sediment during erosion, via wind, ice, or water.
Explain how the physical characteristics of sediments change during transport?
Sediments are transported by four main agents water, ice, wind, and the effects of gravity. The speed with which the agent of erosion moves affects the size of sediment particles that can be carried and the distance that the particles will move.
Why does the greatest erosion and transportation of sediment by a stream occur during a flood?
As flood waters rise, the slope of the stream as it flows to it's base level increases
When were the pisco valley holes discovered?
AbstractThe Quaternary development of the Pisco valley in central Peru has been characterized by multiple phases of sediment accumulation and erosion that formed distinct levels of cut-and-fill terraces and alluvial fans. Luminescence dating shows that they formed in response to at least two different stages of sediment accumulation and erosion during the past 60 ka, the main phase of sediment aggradation occurring between ca. 54 and 38 ka ago. The ages show that sediment accumulation was contemporaneous with the time intervals of the Minchin (47.8-36 ka ago, with enhanced precipitation beginning ca. 54.8 ka ago) and Tauca (26-14.9 ka ago) paleolakes on the Altiplano, where the headwaters of the Pisco River are located. We conclude that sediment accumulation was triggered by shifts toward a more humid climate, whereas erosion is the response of the fluvial system to the depletion of the hillslope sediment reservoirs.
What effect does the size of the particlesthat make up a stream's load have on its erosive energy?
Several things affect the rate of erosion. Ice, wind, are the main causes of erosion. Animals and humans also cause erosion.
What are the different particle sizes that are transported?
Microscopic to boulder size particles are transported during erosion.
What is created during erosion?
Erosion creates new land.
During the rock cycle rocks get broken apart by weathering carried along by erosion and eventually deposited in a body of water What happens next?
It depends on where the sediment is deposited. Not all sediment is deposited in a body of water. If the transport mechanism is a stream then the sediment can be deposited on the flood plain of the river or in a lake. If the sediment is deposited on the flood plain it will do two things. 1) The sediment of the flood plain will eventually lithify and 2) The river will continue to down cut and after X number of years the flood plain will no longer be subject to the flood waters of the river. At this point it is classified as a terrace (a flood plain of the past that is no longer inundated by flood water). The cycle basically starts over at this point with weathering and erosion processes breaking down and transporting the terrace sediment back into the river. If the sediment is transported to a lake, a delta will form. As the sediment is deposited in the lake the main channel of the river will extend out into the lake, this lowers the gradient of the main channel which slows the flow of water through the channel and allows for the deposition of sediment in the channel. When the main channel fills with sediment and no longer has the ability to channel all of the water from the river, dis-tributary channels will form these dis- tributary channels migrate across the delta transporting sediment as they go. Lithification takes place in the lower layers of the delta but this lithified sediment is only subjected to erosion during very high flows that are capable of transporting the sediment that covers the lithified layers.Basically, no matter where the sediment is deposited, it is subject to the processes which weathered and transported it to its current location.Wow really? these guys are just looking for a basic answer not an essay
What three processes occur during the formation of sedimentary rocks?
There are actually 4 processes in which a sedimentary rock forms. 1) Erosion. A process in which old rock wear away and become sediment. 2) Deposition. When the sediment is deposited somewhere and are loosely packed. 3) Compaction. A process in which the sediment particles are squeezed under great pressure. 4) Cementation. When the particles are "glued" together forming 1 rock.
What type of erosion is most likely to occur during a flood?
soil erosion
