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Runoff is water flowing over land that carries particles of sediment.
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Describe how a sedimentary rock can show how fast water was flowing when its sediment were laid down?
Water and water flow are the main contributors to erosion of all rock types. Water flow assists in the transportation of these eroded rock particles to a point of deposition, where additional layers of sediment are added. Eventually, cementation of the rock particles may occur, forming a sedimentary rock.
What are examples of water erosion?
wind carrying small sediment particles as in a desert sandstormstreams and rivers carrying sediment loads as seen in the muddy Mississippi Riverglaciers plucking and carrying rocks as evidenced by glacial erratics and soils found in the Midwestlandslidesheadward erosion as seen in the Grand Canyon and Niagra Fallstsunamis scouring inland surfacesfloods, which transport great amounts of rock and soil
How sediment accumulates?
Sediment accumulation is where sediment accumulates generally in the point of the lowest elevation. If sediment is in a river generally the sediment will accumulate at the mouth of the delta when entering the marine environment (proximal to distal).
How do rock layers change?
Sediment layers are squeezed from above by the weight of overlying sediment, causing compaction. Compaction squeezes out air and water between the sediment particles. Minerals form as the air and water is squeezed out, cementing the particles together, and forming sedimentary rock.
Process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying it?
Is called a deposition.
When particles of sediment in flowing water scrape against the streambed?
Abrasion
When does flowing water deposit the sediment it is carrying?
Whenever the force of friction of the particles, when they touch the floor, is greater than the force with which the water carries them. That depends on a lot of factors, including the speed of the flow, the size and material of the particles, their exact shape, how rough or smooth the floor is, and probably a few more details.
What are particles of materials that are settle out of water?
Sediment
What is ''alluvium ''and is it used?
Sediment deposited by flowing water
Describe how a sedimentary rock can show how fast water was flowing when its sediment were laid down?
Water and water flow are the main contributors to erosion of all rock types. Water flow assists in the transportation of these eroded rock particles to a point of deposition, where additional layers of sediment are added. Eventually, cementation of the rock particles may occur, forming a sedimentary rock.
How does the speed of water affect the sediment deposit?
The greater the streams rate of flow, the greater the amount of erosion, the larger the sediments.
One of the main sources of sediment in flowing water?
runoff
What is the fine sediment transported within the body of flowing water?
a bedload
What is alluvium and how is it used?
Sediment deposited by flowing water
What is the process by which sediment settling out of water or wind carrying it?
deposition
When sediment is deposited by water which particles will sink last?
The smallest, least dense particles.
What are examples of water erosion?
wind carrying small sediment particles as in a desert sandstormstreams and rivers carrying sediment loads as seen in the muddy Mississippi Riverglaciers plucking and carrying rocks as evidenced by glacial erratics and soils found in the Midwestlandslidesheadward erosion as seen in the Grand Canyon and Niagra Fallstsunamis scouring inland surfacesfloods, which transport great amounts of rock and soil
