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How does the absorption of water weaken unconsolidated slope materials?
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unconsolidated materials are those that have not been packed and/ or pressed by any natural or human means, allowing small pockets of air going in and out of the material in question. The water absorption occurs by direct contact or by the condensation of moisture in the air, a process of oxidation occurs and oxygen is released into the atmosphere, leaving an empty space in the basic structure of the material in question. With time, the material degrade.
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What are the great heaps of unconsolidated sediment at the base of the continental slope are known as?
Rise
What are some characteristics of rock slides and rock falls?
Well, basically, land and structures that used to be up there, are now... down there!!! At the bottom, or closer to the bottom of a slope!! disrupted and/or mixed layers, of soil and rock, as compared with adjacent areas.
What is a Cutting slope?
A cut slope is the very top layer of soil that remains on top of the road after all other materials are removed. Cut slopes are important in engineering.
What is a form of mass wasting event that occurs when loosely consolidated materials or rock layers move a short distance down a slope?
A Creep
What are the factors that allow a river to erode materials?
The slope of the river, its discharge, and the shape of the riverbed.the velocity of the water. the hardness of the mineral its trying to erode, the harder it is the longer it will take to erode.
What are the great heaps of unconsolidated sediment at the base of the continental slope are known as?
Rise
What is a non vertical rock face called Like a gravel slide just made of granite?
A slope of unconsolidated slope of granite gravels would be called a scree slide. The toe of such a slope would be known as the 'talus' - a word meaning ankle. And thus referring to the gentle curve.
What are some characteristics of rock slides and rock falls?
Well, basically, land and structures that used to be up there, are now... down there!!! At the bottom, or closer to the bottom of a slope!! disrupted and/or mixed layers, of soil and rock, as compared with adjacent areas.
What does a volcano slope reveal about the materials that formed it?
very or highly viscous magmas formed it
What is a Cutting slope?
A cut slope is the very top layer of soil that remains on top of the road after all other materials are removed. Cut slopes are important in engineering.
Which one of the following materials has the maximum sustainable slope angle as determined by the angle of repose?
None of them.
What are loose rocks?
Loose rock fragments can be caused by weathering, or indeed erosion. They can be found in a scree slope, and alluvial fan, a beach, in the soil (they are the soil, sometimes). Loose rock fragments are known to a geologist as 'Unconsolidated sediment' which can be classified into various groups. Consider alluvium; the deposit from a river.
How does gravity affect materials on a slope?
It creates a creep and a slump, causing trees, bushes, ect. to curve/slant.
What are loose rock fragments?
Loose rock fragments can be caused by weathering, or indeed erosion. They can be found in a scree slope, and alluvial fan, a beach, in the soil (they are the soil, sometimes). Loose rock fragments are known to a geologist as 'Unconsolidated sediment' which can be classified into various groups. Consider alluvium; the deposit from a river.
What is a form of mass wasting event that occurs when loosely consolidated materials or rock layers move a short distance down a slope?
A Creep
What part of speech is slope?
Slope is a noun (a slope) and a verb (to slope).
What can you say about a slope a regression line for variables that are negatively associated?
The slope will be negative.The slope will be negative.The slope will be negative.The slope will be negative.
