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Talus, also called scree, is a term given to an accumulation of broken rock fragments at the base of crags, mountain cliffs, or valley shoulders. Formation of scree or talus deposits results from physical and chemical weathering and erosional processes acting on a rock face. The predominant processes that degrade a rock slope include:
Mechanical weathering by ice
Chemical weathering by mineral hydration and salt deposition
Thermal stresses (heating by the Sun and cooling at night)
Topographic stresses (stress from the rock formation process)
Biotic processes (plants wedging themselves in cracks and crevasses)
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Where would you expect to find talus?
At the bottom of a cliff.
What is another name for cliff debris?
SCREE or TALUS.
A sloping mass of rock fragments below a cliff called?
Weathered rock fragments at the bottom of a hill are called scree. Scree formation is commonly attributed to the formation of ice within mountain rock slopes.
What is other name for rock debris?
Scree, gravel, talus.
The alignment of iron minerals in rocks when they are formed reflects the fact that Earth's has reversed itself several times in the past?
magnetic field.
What is talus slope and how is it formed?
Talus slopes are broken rocks formed by gravity and the convergent boundary. Ex: Devils Lake Gorge.
What do talus fields do?
Talus Field's are A BUNCH OF ROCKS. They're all oddly shaped. They don't do anything. ANYTHING AT ALL. pce out.
Tarsal bone that sits on calcaneus?
The talus (ankle bone) articulates (moves interactively) with both the tibia and fibula, the bones of the lower leg.
Gravity causes materials to pile up in mounds called what?
Talus
Which does not belong calcaneus tarsals carpals talus?
Talus
What is the bone of the ankle?
The talus bone.
Which one does not belong calcaneus tarsals carpals talus?
Talus
What joint is at the distal tibia and fibula?
The distal tibia and fibula both articulate with the talus. The talus is the superiormost of the tarsals.
What is talus?
Talus is rock debris at the bottom of a slope.
Do mudflows deposit talus slope?
Mudflows canot deposit talus. By definition a talus deposit is composed of broken rock depoited by gravity.
What is the population of Talus-Saint-Prix?
Talus-Saint-Prix's population is 84.
What is the common name of talus?
The common name for talus is ankle. Tal- is the related medical terminology combining form.
