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Angela Veum
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∙ 8y agoGlacial ice, Windstorm, streamwater
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Lava flow (Apex 2021)
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Cristal Predovic
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∙ 11y agostratification
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What 4 agents are responsible for depositing sediment in the water?
There are four agents that are responsible for depositing sediment in the water. They are weathering, erosion, deposition, and snow.
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.
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
How are sediments moved about?
Mostly By water from river.... than Air, Glaciers etc.
What are the agents of lithification?
Lithification refers to the process in which sediments compact under pressure. The two primary agents of lithification are compaction and cementation.
What is the terms listed below are sediment transporting agents except?
Stratification
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 best sediment transporting agent?
The best sediment transporting agent is water. This is because water is very powerful and can easily move sediment from one place to another.
Which it not a sediment transporting agent?
Stratification
Is not a sediment transporting agent?
Lava flow -.-
What does not act as an agent for for transporting sediment?
Strata
What carries the sediment away?
Wind, water, glaciers, and gravity are capable or transporting sediment.
What carries away sediment?
Wind, water, glaciers, and gravity are capable or transporting sediment.
Which is the leading sediment transporting river in India?
Ganges
What is a sediment transporting agent?
water
What 4 agents are responsible for depositing sediment in the water?
There are four agents that are responsible for depositing sediment in the water. They are weathering, erosion, deposition, and snow.
What agents if erosion cause loess?
Piles of sediment
