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Which are not sediment transporting agents?
stratification
Which is not a sediment transporting agent from the following list - Stream water wind storm glacial ice and stratification?
Stratification as this is a term that describes the layering of rocks and so is not a term that is related to sediment transport (i.e. erosion) but is instead the result of deposition, compaction and cementation.
What is the name of a small depression created by the melting of a chunk of ice in glacial sediment?
a kettle
When a glacier leaves behind a rock that is a completely different material composition than the formation it is deposited upon it is called what?
Glacial till is unsorted sediment deposited directly by glacial ice.
Depressions left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits?
The depressions left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits are called kettle holes. They are circular or oval-shaped depressions that form when large chunks of ice left behind by a retreating glacier become buried in sediment. When the ice eventually melts, it creates a hole in the ground.
Which are not sediment transporting agents?
stratification
Which is not a sediment transporting agent from the following list - Stream water wind storm glacial ice and stratification?
Stratification as this is a term that describes the layering of rocks and so is not a term that is related to sediment transport (i.e. erosion) but is instead the result of deposition, compaction and cementation.
Can ice carry sediment?
Yes. Glaciers carry large amounts of sediment. When that sediment is deposited it is called glacial till.
What does not act as agent for eroding rock and transporting sediment?
Agents for erosion and transporting sediments include gravity, wind, water (including currents), or ice. Other forces in nature do not act in the same way, for example, lava.
What is the name of a small depression created by the melting of a chunk of ice in glacial sediment?
a kettle
When does the deposition of solid particles occur?
only when the fluid transporting the sediments slows down or when glacial ice melts
When does the deposition of solid particles occur in Sedimentary Rock?
only when the fluid transporting the sediments slows down or when glacial ice melts
When a glacier leaves behind a rock that is a completely different material composition than the formation it is deposited upon it is called what?
Glacial till is unsorted sediment deposited directly by glacial ice.
What kind of agent of erosion moves the same amount of sediment as ice?
water moves a greater amount of sediment in a much faster way
What are ice age varves?
Varves are glacial lake deposits, usually an annual sediment of thick pale sediment denoting summer deposition when some ice melted and left silt and sand to settle in a lake, and a thin, dark layer of clay for a winter deposit when little sediment entered the lake.
What is formed when an isolated block of ice melts in glacial sediment?
kettle
Depressions left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits?
The depressions left by melted blocks of ice in glacial deposits are called kettle holes. They are circular or oval-shaped depressions that form when large chunks of ice left behind by a retreating glacier become buried in sediment. When the ice eventually melts, it creates a hole in the ground.
