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What is likely to happen to sediments deposited by a river over hundreds or thousands of years?
Thet gradually change into a rock, mostly by compaction.
What refers to sediments deposited from streams?
Alluvium
In what ways are sediments transported?
By water or wind
What is the general term for all sediments deposited by a glacier?
Till.
What happens when sediments is deposited at a rivers mouth?
A delta is formed.
Transported sediments are usually deposited at what location?
a decrease in the speed of the agent of erosion occurs
What Sediments being transported by streams and deposited on lake bottoms are best representatives of the?
Principle of Uniformitarianism.
What happens to sediments during deposition?
It gets transported from one place to another
What is a brief summary of the section charateristics of clastic sediment in the Earth space science book?
Is determined by the way the sediments were transported to the place where they are deposited. Sediments have four main transported agents: Wind, Water, Gravity, and Ice. Sediments particles size can be carried and the distance is determined by the speed of that particle. Both the the distance of the sediments and the sediments agents determines the characteristics of that sediment.
When are sediments transported by a river deposited?
when rivers enter oceans or lakes, the water slows and sediment is deposited.
What is likely to happen to sediments deposited by a river over hundreds or thousands of years?
Thet gradually change into a rock, mostly by compaction.
What are the sediments called that are deposited directly by a glacier?
Sediments directly deposited by the glacier are called till.
Where does a River erode sediment?
sediments are transported by ocean rift, streams, river currents, wind (air). they are deposited according to size. The largest sediments are deposited first. The sediments settle into the sand and are carried by the stream. Near the mouth of the stream where the water moves slowly the small sediments settle out. The larger sediments get carried by the river into the sea then the samller sediments. The sea water dissolved minerals and soak the sediments and cement together. This eventually forms sediments.
What is the amount of sediments deposited annually by the miss river?
tons of thousands of sediments are deposited each day
Why are sedimentary rocks formed in layers?
Sedimentation of transported weathered and eroded material is continuous, cyclical, or event based. New sediments are deposited on top of existing sediments, forming layers that may be visible in a sedimentary rock body.
Why do the sediments get deposited when a river runs into a lake or sea?
Generally the speed of the transported load slows down considerably with the change in the transport medium from stream to lake or sea. As the energy of the motion is reduced, gravity claims the sediments.
Why are sediments deposited?
Sediments are deposited when the water flow begins to decrease. When this happens, the water can no longer move the sediment around, therefore, sediments will fall to the bottom.
