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Sediments are deposited on to other sediments and immense heat and pressure turn the sediments into a rock
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoIn geology, sediment is created by the erosion and weathering of rocks. Water and wind are mostly responsible for creating sediments.
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Definition of a river delta?
A river delta is a landform created by the deposits of sediment at the mouths of a river.
What is the name of a small depression created by the melting of a chunk of ice in glacial sediment?
a kettle
How is sediment?
The sediment transport by the rock cycle
What are particles of materials that are settle out of water?
Sediment
What are two kinds of landform created by deposits of sediment?
The two kind of land forms created by deposit of sediment are: alluvial fan and delta.
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.
When sediment fills a mold and becomes rock a blank is created?
cast
How are dunes created by deposition?
Dunes are formed from aeolian deposition which consists of the wind picking up sediment, then blowing it, then dropping it. Dunes are an accumulation of sediment. More sediment is deposited on a dune as wind loses more energy when it hits it, thus depositing the sediment, growing the dune.
When flood waters deposit sediment what land form is created?
levees are formed
What is flat sea floor areas created settling sediment?
I have no idea, have a good day
Definition of a river delta?
A river delta is a landform created by the deposits of sediment at the mouths of a river.
What is the name of a small depression created by the melting of a chunk of ice in glacial sediment?
a kettle
Was ist ein Sediment?
Was ist ein Sediment = what is a sediment
How are sediments created?
when a granite rock weathers andit turns to sand or clay also called sediment.
What landform is created when weathered material is dropped as sediment when a river flows from a mountain to a plain?
alluvial fans
What does sediment mean in geography?
A saturated sediment is a saturated sediment dah It's easy
What is the plural of sediment?
Sediments is the plural of sediment
