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the layers deposit is because the acid rain break them apart
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What are the layers of a mountain?
Crust
Why does gravity cause layers of sediment to be horizontal?
As more sediment is added, it is compressed and hardens into rock layers.
Which thick layers of sediment press down on the layers beneath them is called?
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Where are the oldest layers of sediments located?
The oldest layers of undisturbed sediment are at the bottom.
The squeezing of layers of sediment is called?
compaction
As rivers flow into the ocean and deposit thick layers of sediment on the ocean floor what will the crust under the sediment do?
the crust will cool to form metamorphic rock
Does a glacier deposit sediment when it freezes?
Doesa glacier deposit sediment whenit freezes
How does loess deposit form?
Loess deposits is form when sediment that is finer than sand, such as particles of clay and silt, is deposited into layers far from its source.
How do glaciers deposit sediment?
Its deposits sediment by picking the sediment up which is called plucking.(weathering)
What causes wind to deposit sand and or other sediment?
When the wind starts to slow down it starts to deposit sand or other sediment.
What is the synonym for deposit?
bank deposit, sediment, down payment, alluviation, dethronement, sedimentation, depositary, deposition, depository, deposit, repository
When does a sediment deposit the sediment it is carrying?
When a glacier melts it deposits the sediment it eroded from the land, creating various landforms.
Where do rivers and steams deposit sediment?
in a delta
What is another name for a river deposit?
Sediment.
What are the layers of a mountain?
Crust
Why does gravity cause layers of sediment to be horizontal?
As more sediment is added, it is compressed and hardens into rock layers.
What environments would most likely NOT contain fossils. sediment deposited in a riverbed a thick deposit of dried mud layers of sand that accumulate over thousands of years in?
the answer is cooled magma
