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How does sediment that is closer to a mid-ocean ridge compare to sediment that is farther away?
it is older
What carries away sediment?
Wind, water, glaciers, and gravity are capable or transporting sediment.
What could be the effects of material left by a glacier?
glacier is not only transport materia,but they sclupt and crave away the hole land ;;;;pp
What are the agents of erosion and deposition?
Water, ice and wind are the three main agents of erosion. Deposition is usually by water carrying sand and silt away to be deposited downstream. Wind may blow grains of rock away and deposit the grains to form sand dunes.
What is plucking erosion?
the base of the glacier may melt into the ground . It may then freeze again,as the glacier moves forward it may pluck chunks of rock away with it.
What is another name for a glacier mill a vertical tube carrying glacier water away?
moulin
What is the process of breaking rock into siltsandand other tiny pieces called sediment?
It is known as weathering. Erosion is the carrying away to another location of the weathered grains of rock.
Are canyon by weathering or erosion?
They are actually formed by a combination of the two. The water flowing through the eventually-to-be-river-valley erodes the earth beneath it, carrying away loose sediment. Simultaneously the sediment being carried away weathers the ground beneath it with the friction caused by one object rubbing against another.
What is a bergschrund?
A bergschrund is a large crack or crevasse in a glacier where the glacier is pulling away from the mountain.
What does the sediment the is closer to mid ocean ridge compare to sediment that is farther away?
The closer the sediment is to the mid-ocean ridge, the younger it is. The oldest bedrock is found the farthest away from it.
How does erosion form deep valleys and canyons?
water erodes a canyon by carrying sediment from the rock walls down the river
What is a moving river of ice that carries rocks and wearys away the land called?
Glacier
What type of rock can wear away to form sediment?
Any rock can wear away to form sediment; be it sedimentary, metamorphic or igneous.
What does erosion carry away?
Erosion carries away sediment.
What carries the sediment away?
Wind, water, glaciers, and gravity are capable or transporting sediment.
How does sediment that is closer to a mid-ocean ridge compare to sediment that is farther away?
it is older
How does sediment that is closer to a mid ocean ridge compare to sediment that is farther away?
it is older
